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Greg wrote
> > Do a Google search on Geoff Rantz.
Kane wrote
> Nope, you brought him up,[...] withholding the information <snip>
Withholding? You CHOSE to ignore it when I posted it in
a newsgroup you frequent over a MONTH ago, Kane.
> > He is a former Child Protection caseworker.
> Please post what you have. You brought him up, quite playing coy.
Publicly posted in a newsgroup is not "coy".
> > (It would have embarassed the CPS agency.)
> Please provide some support beyond your usual brainless twaddle.
> Personally I have seen CPS go as public as possibe when they have
> canned a worker for malfeasance. And I've seen them provide evidence
> to have them jailed.
In this case the MISSING news coverage proves a point.
Media here normally DOES report such stuff on parents.
Clearly some favoritism exists.
> My experience checks your experience. Mate.
Look on the bottom for the court record.
Two charges IN criminal court, and dismissed?
Apparently your so-called experience is lacking. :)
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: Greg Hanson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Subject: Pervert Child Protection Caseworker GEOFF RANTZ
Newsgroups: alt.support.child-protective-services
Date: 2003-10-08 04:37:22 PST
GEOFF RANTZ
In 1996 our local Cedar Rapids Iowa DHS Child Protection office
fired him for fondling a 12 year old. He was 20 years old.
It was kept out of the media completely.
News coverage would have embarassed Iowa DHS Child Protection,
even if the mans name was kept out of the media.
They put him on the sex offender registry.
He bargained it down to a neglect listing on the Child Abuse registry.
BUT
In Colorado he got another job in Child Protection,
coerced little boys into sex, impersonated a law
enforcement officer and conned families out of money.
At 27 years old in 2002 Geoff Rantz got 40 years in Colorado.
He said he was framed.
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Social Service Worker Accused Of Molesting Boys
Police Say Rantz Posed As Police Officer, Investigator To Gain
Access Posted: 8:37 a.m. MDT May 23, 2002
Updated: 8:42 a.m. MDT May 23, 2002
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A former El Paso County social
services caseworker sexually assaulted boys after gaining access
to them by posing as a psychologist, police officer and
probation officer, prosecutors said.
Geoff Rantz, 27, is charged with criminal impersonation, theft
and a series of sexual assaults on underage boys. His trial
began Wednesday.
In opening statements, prosecutor Geoff Heim said Rantz used
threats, lies and pornography to gain control and groom the boys
to be open to his advances.
Rantz's attorneys said he is the victim of lies concocted by the
mother of two boys he is accused of molesting.
As a county social worker, Rantz was responsible for
investigating reports of child abuse and dealt with about 30
children in foster homes and treatment facilities from April
1999 to March 2001.
Posing as a probation officer and sexual assault investigator,
prosecutors said Rantz told a 14-year-old boy that sexual
encounters would help move him off probation. The boy had been
in trouble for stealing school lunch tickets.
Rantz said on an employment application that he had graduated
from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with a psychology degree
and was a master's candidate at Regis University. Both schools
said Rantz' claims were false.
He was hired despite his name appearing on Iowa's Central Child
Abuse Registry, which identifies people who have been arrested
and convicted of sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect and other
crimes against children.
El Paso County officials said they have changed hiring
procedures.
Testimony: Caseworker Demanded Sex "Thousands" Of Times
El Paso County Man In Court Over Alleged Sexual Molestations
Posted: 9:36 a.m. MST January 15, 2002
A former caseworker for the El Paso County Department of Human
Services demanded sex from a boy "thousands" of times, according to court
testimony Monday.
Geoff Rantz, 26, is accused of sexually molesting a child over a
three-year period.
Monday's testimony in a Colorado Springs, Colo., courtroom came during
the first day of a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence for a
trial.
The 18-year-old college student testified in court that Rantz tricked
him into performing sexual acts for more than three years, beginning when
he was 14.
The teen testified that Rantz said he was a probation officer and told
him the sex acts were part of training sessions. The man also testified
that he paid $15,000 to $20,000 during the three-year period to pay off the
cost of his "rehabilitation."
The teen also said the sexual encounters increased to as many as three
times per day until the time police began their investigation of Rantz in
February 2001.
Rantz turned himself last October after a warrant was issued for his
arrest on suspicion that he sexually assaulted a child, misrepresented his
background and bilked thousands of dollars from families of troubled
boys he counseled.
A subsequent investigation revealed that in 1996, Rantz was accused of
fondling a 12-year-old boy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Charges were
dismissed in that case, but Rantz was placed on a sex offenders registry. Rantz
appealed and the sexual abuse listing was changed to neglect, according to a
court document.
Monday's hearing will continued on Jan. 23.
http://www.profane-justice.org/pressadv.prs.pdf.
Press Advisory
October 30, 2001
RE: Request for Grand Jury Investigation into Child Protection
Practices
Is DA Jeanne Smith Lying?
POINT :
October 25, 2001 Gazette article states "Smith. . .said the Rantz case
is not related to Cloer's request for an investigation." (See attached
article)
POINT:
October 17, 2001 Letter from attorney Anjanette Wayman, distributed as
part of the press packet at Rep Cloer's press conference, and included in the
packet to DA Smith, references Geoff Rantz, "When the Colorado Springs
Police Department contacted me about Mr. Rantz, they disclosed that
Mr. Rantz had disappeared with my client's teenage son." (See attached
letter)
CONCLUSION
: Either Jeanne Smith lied to the Gazette about Rantz being a part of
the investigation requested by Cloer (in order to falsely state there are
no criminal violations in any of the cases presented to her?) -OR-
there is another pedophile under the employ of DHS, still at large,
preying on the vulnerable children of El Paso County and DHS and Smith
are aware of that fact and doing nothing about it.
FACT:
DA Jeanne Smith has not contacted the victims named in the report
given to her by Rep. Mark Cloer subsequent to the conference requesting a Grand
Jury investigation into child protection practices.
QUESTIONS
Is Jeanne Smith going to make a decision about convening a Grand Jury
without speaking to the victims?
Has she given the complaints she received to the accused?
Is this the correct way to conduct a criminal investigation?
Empire: Social worker gets 40 years Denver Post
Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - COLORADO SPRINGS - A former
social-services caseworker was sentenced to 40 years in prison on
charges he molested and raped troubled boys.
Geoff Rantz, 27, was sentenced Monday. He insisted he was framed on
the sex charges.
The El Paso County employee was convicted in June of six counts of
sexual assault on a child, theft, contributing to the delinquency of a
minor, criminal impersonation and practicing therapy without a
license.
Rantz's conviction on sex crimes gives the state parole board the
discretion to incarcerate him for life if it thinks he remains
dangerous.
Prosecutors also presented evidence suggesting Rantz attempted to
influence a witness during his three-week trial while he remained free
on bail. The district attorney's office has not determined whether to
file charges in that case.
CHILD PROTECTOR ACCUSED OF MOLESTING CHILDREN AND BILKING PARENTS:
Authorities say an El Paso County social worker used lies and his
position to sexually molest troubled teen-age boys and bilk their
families out of thousands of dollars. Police on Tuesday arrested
Geoff Rantz, 26, on suspicion of sexual assault, theft and
criminal impersonation. Details about the arrest emerged on
Wednesday in a court document. Meanwhile, county officials say
the department already has revamped its hiring procedures.
Rantz's arrest comes at a time when others are questioning
the county's Department of Human Services. State Rep. Mark
Cloer, R-Colorado Springs, last week delivered 40 to 50
complaints about caseworkers to 4th Judicial District Attorney
Jeanne Smith, seeking a grand jury investigation into the
department. (Source: Colorado Springs Gazette, 10/26/2001)
http://www.gazette.com
Case ID Title Name DOB
06571 FECR009803
STATE OF IOWA VS RANTZ, GEOFFREY DEL
DOB 12/08/1974 Offence date: August 1, 1994
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Count 01 Charge Charge: 709.8 Description: LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD (FELD)
Offense Date: 08/01/1994 Arrest Date: Against Type:
Adjudication Charge:
709.8 Description: LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD (FELD)
Adj.: DISMISSED Adj.Date: 09/19/1996
Adj.Judge: KOEHLER, THOMAS L
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Count 02 Charge Charge:
709.4-2 Description: DNU - SEXUAL ABUSE 3RD DEGREE - 1978 (FELC)
Offense Date: 08/01/1994 Arrest Date: Against Type:
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