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Man convicted of sex crimes sentenced to prison
DAYTON — A man who was barred from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1995 for a sexual offense there with a minor was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday, April 9.
“I hope that through this, God will help me to become a better and stronger person,” Andrew J. Huff told Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Wiseman. He asked that he be allowed to take his Bible with him to prison, but Wiseman did not respond.
Huff pleaded no contest Feb. 27 to two counts of gross sexual imposition of a child younger than age 13. The two-year sentence was part of the plea agreement between prosecutors and Huff’s defense attorney.
Huff, 64, was indicted Aug 20 on three counts of gross sexual imposition and arrested the following day. He has been free in lieu of $100,000 bond, which Judge Dennis Langer continued after Huff’s no contest pleas.
The current charges involve a relative’s children. In May, police received a complaint that Huff had fondled the children, according to a Riverside police report.
Riverside police investigators found that Huff, who had retired from the U.S. Air Force, also had been accused in 1995 of making suggestive remarks and sexually touching a boy in a gym shower at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, based on military police reports.
In a written statement for base police, Huff said he had “a compulsion” and would start getting therapy. Huff was banned from the base in 1995 and allowed to return only for medical care. He pleaded guilty to a lesser offense of sexual imposition without consent in federal court in 1996 and to a count of trespassing for going back on base despite the ban. He was fined $200 for the sexual offense, $100 for trespassing, and placed on probation for two years. In 1998, he was charged in federal court again with trespassing on base again but the case was dismissed.
Huff volunteered at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force from April 2006 until until June 2008, when museum officials became aware of Riverside’s investigation. Base spokesman Derek Kaufman said last fall that museum officials were not previously aware Huff had been banned and he was immediately terminated as a volunteer. Kaufman said measures have since been taken to ensure that the museum is aware of debarment orders so no one is accepted as a volunteer after being banned from the base.
Huff told Riverside police during their investigation in May that he is HIV-positive and had slept with boys in Kentucky, according to Riverside police reports. A few days later, he denied that, saying the young men were 18 and it was only oral sex, according to the police reports.
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By Erik
April 9, 2009 3:18 PM | Link to this
This scumbag only got TWO years? Ridiculous.By shannon
April 9, 2009 3:53 PM | Link to this
why is it that these people who destroy a childs self esteem and trust always get off only serving a small amount of prison time, when the victims are left with a lifetime of hurt. that is bogus and unfair! i say rip their dicks off and let them eat them. im just sayingBy Ryan
April 9, 2009 4:01 PM | Link to this
Honestly there isn’t enough capital punishment in the world. We need more consequences for actions. I feel this man should not be allowed to live in our society since he has clearly shown he is incapable of obeying the law. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. The “Me” being society in this scenario…..By john doe
April 9, 2009 4:33 PM | Link to this
Just like the current Danny Hankins story. I wonder what he will get for molesting and having sex with a 14 year old boy?By Susan
April 9, 2009 9:40 PM | Link to this
It’s a shame that the extremely small number of habitual offenders cause society to paint with such a wide brush - leading the least educated in society to lead the mob. At 64, the two year sentence could easily be a death sentence, but should he live, the laws will likely leave him unemployed and living under a bridge. Why do parents think that laws that force sex offenders to live under bridges make their children more safe? Again, it’s the least educated.By Good grief
April 10, 2009 9:44 AM | Link to this
Susan, what on earth are you talking about it? This man is not going to end up under a bridge. He is one of the luckiest pedophiles in the world. Retired Air Force with a pension and full medical care for the rest of his life, courtesy of the taxpayers. Unfortunately, it doesn’t cover medical expenses and therapy for his child VICTIMS. He’s done whatever he wants with no more than a slap on the wrist for breaking any rule ever put on him. He’ll be back at it as just soon as he gets out.By in shock
April 10, 2009 11:29 AM | Link to this
to bring Good grief up to speed—when a government retiree (military or civilian)is convicted of a felony,they lose their pension-end of story!!By good grief
April 11, 2009 1:09 PM | Link to this
Benefits are reduced while incarcerated but resume upon release for felony convictions in most cases. From military.com - Military retirees are dropped from retirement rolls only when convicted for national security violations under the Hiss Act (5 U.S. Code, Section 8311-8322.) More routine felony convictions typically are not cause for loss of retired pay, say Defense pay experts. If a service member receives a courts martial conviction, the punishment might include separation without retirement if the member is not yet retired. However, once retired, most criminal convictions outside the military are not cause for termination or suspension of retired pay. Each situation is unique, however. As originally enacted in 1954, the Hiss Act included a long list of criminal offenses for which military retired pay could be lost. The law was amended in 1961 and limited retired pay losses to crimes of national security.By Ice Bandit
April 11, 2009 6:44 PM | Link to this
Hey Susan. Ever read a book titled “The Best and the Brightest?” Basically, it’s about how a bunch of Harvard alums got the US into one disastrous overseas event after another. Furthermore, our current economic blues are the result the actions of a bunch of Ivy League grads. Methinks you put too much emphasis on education. Give me the rabble any day. Orville and Wilbur didn’t even have a high school education….By Stephen Bickford
April 12, 2009 8:03 AM | Link to this
One of the Wright brothers was said to have been attracted to children but that’s one of Dayton’s secrets. Neither of them married of had kids.By Stephen Bickford
April 12, 2009 8:08 AM | Link to this
Being a pedophile is a sexual orientation. You can’t change that. Sending the guy to jail isn’t going to change anything. It’s a waste of $$.By FOF
April 14, 2009 12:27 PM | Link to this
This man flew all over the world. I pray for all his victims that are now HIV-positive. TWO years, what a joke! This man has always gotten whatever he wanted.