Ortloff pleads guilty to enticing minors

Ortloff pleads guilty to enticing minors

Minimum sentence will be 10 years

Thursday, December 25, 2008

By Jill Bryce (Contact)

Gazette Reporter

George "Chris" OrtloffText Size: A | A | A

ALBANY ? George ?Chris? Ortloff, a longtime state legislator and more

recently a member of the state Parole Board, pleaded guilty in U.S.

District Court on Wednesday to online enticement of minors.

Sentencing was scheduled for April 23. Ortloff, who is married and has

two grown children, faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in

prison and a maximum penalty of life. He could also be fined $250,000.

Ortloff, 61, of Plattsburgh, admitted Wednesday before Judge Thomas J.

McAvoy that he used the telephone and a number of Internet service

providers, including AOL, to communicate with minors. Between June and

October, he communicated with a woman he thought was the mother of two

girls in Albany County. In fact, he was actually conversing with

undercover agents with the New York State Police?s Internet Crimes

Against Children Task Force and knowingly misrepresented his identity.

During their conversations, he was informed that the ?minors? were 11

and 12 years old, and he discussed engaging in various sexual acts

with them. He also said that he would like to meet these minors for

the purpose of engaging in, among other things, intercourse, oral sex

and masturbation, according to court papers.

He eventually said that he was interested in meeting the minors to

engage in sexual acts, and a meeting was arranged by Ortloff at an

unidentified hotel in Colonie. He drove to the hotel on Oct. 13 to

meet the minors to engage in sex, according to the U.S. Attorney?s

Office.

He brought two vibrators, lubricant and condoms to the hotel,

according to state police who were at the hotel to arrest him.

Ortloff?s laptop computer, which was used to communicate with the

minors, was seized from his hotel room with a warrant.

Also confiscated was a webcam that Ortloff had previously given the

undercover investigator in an attempt to communicate with the minors.

A digital camera and a flash drive were also recovered from the hotel

room.

According to court records, in August 2008 Ortloff acknowledged to an

undercover agent that what he was doing was not legal and that was why

it was necessary to ensure he was not walking into a trap or being

?set up.?

Neither Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Spina Jr. nor Ortloff?s

attorney, Andrew Safranko, could be reached on Wednesday to comment.

Ortloff represented the North Country?s 110th Assembly District from

1986 until 2006, when Gov. George Pataki appointed him to the Parole

Board. In that position, he interviewed inmates before voting whether

to authorize their release. He was paid $102,000 a year but resigned

after his arrest.

The case was investigated by the state police Internet Crimes Against

Children Task Force and Computer Crimes Unit, with assistance from the

state police Special Investigations Unit, state police investigators

working in the Ray Brook, Plattsburgh and Loudonville stations and the

state attorney general?s pffice.

freddy wrote:

<chop>

The Christmas cheer just keeps on coming...

--

Tim Weaver

I know you believe you understand what you think I said,

but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not

what I meant.

On Dec 25, 5:12?pm, Tim Weaver <tmw99...@gmail.com> wrote:

> freddy wrote:

>

> <chop>

>

> The Christmas cheer just keeps on coming...

> --

> Tim Weaver

>

> I know you believe you understand what you think I said,

> but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not

> what I meant.

i'm feeling it!

-bax

What's the deal with lolitas? I was in Starbucks Wednesday, minding my own

damn business, and this annoying fifteen year old girl just wouldn't stop

parading around in front of me and giving me flirty looks. It took me

forever to get her to stop doing that, and then when I thought I had

finally gotten rid of her, I found that she had snuck up in my blind spot

and was sitting two feet away, directly behind me.

Then two, really grimy guys sat down and started making eyes at her, which

I also didn't notice for a little while. One of the guys was right near

me, and I tried to let him know, by scowling at him, that he was being

stupid, but he couldn't take a hint. So finally I packed up my stuff and

left, and gave him a smirk that said "Go ahead and destroy yourself. See

if anybody cares." He seemed to understand that, but I was out of there

before I could find out whether he gave up or not.

And I honestly don't care, because if she's that obnoxious, she deserves

what she gets. So I ask you again, what's the deal with lolitas?

On Dec 26, 5:27?am, Doghouse Reilly <B...@Sleep.com> wrote:

> What's the deal with lolitas? ?I was in Starbucks Wednesday, minding my own

> damn business, and this annoying fifteen year old girl just wouldn't stop

> parading around in front of me and giving me flirty looks. ?It took me

> forever to get her to stop doing that, and then when I thought I had

> finally gotten rid of her, I found that she had snuck up in my blind spot

> and was sitting two feet away, directly behind me.

>

> Then two, really grimy guys sat down and started making eyes at her, which

> I also didn't notice for a little while. ?One of the guys was right near

> me, and I tried to let him know, by scowling at him, that he was being

> stupid, but he couldn't take a hint. ?So finally I packed up my stuff and

> left, and gave him a smirk that said "Go ahead and destroy yourself. ?See

> if anybody cares." ?He seemed to understand that, but I was out of there

> before I could find out whether he gave up or not.

>

> And I honestly don't care, because if she's that obnoxious, she deserves

> what she gets. ?So I ask you again, what's the deal with lolitas?

i'm not understanding your problem.

-bax

baxter wrote:

> On Dec 26, 5:27?am, Doghouse Reilly <B...@Sleep.com> wrote:

>> What's the deal with lolitas? ?I was in Starbucks Wednesday, minding my

>> own damn business, and this annoying fifteen year old girl just wouldn't

>> stop parading around in front of me and giving me flirty looks. ?It took

>> me forever to get her to stop doing that, and then when I thought I had

>> finally gotten rid of her, I found that she had snuck up in my blind spot

>> and was sitting two feet away, directly behind me.

>>

>> Then two, really grimy guys sat down and started making eyes at her, whic

>> h I also didn't notice for a little while. ?One of the guys was right nea

>> r me, and I tried to let him know, by scowling at him, that he was being

>> stupid, but he couldn't take a hint. ?So finally I packed up my stuff a

>> nd left, and gave him a smirk that said "Go ahead and destroy yourself.

>> ?S ee if anybody cares." ?He seemed to understand that, but I was out of

>> ther e before I could find out whether he gave up or not.

>>

>> And I honestly don't care, because if she's that obnoxious, she deserves

>> what she gets. ?So I ask you again, what's the deal with lolitas?

>

> i'm not understanding your problem.

He wants to know why they do what they do to make guys do what they do and

get in trouble.

--

Tim Weaver

I know you believe you understand what you think I said,

but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not

what I meant.

On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:45:36 -0800 (PST), freddy

<melbedewy1226@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Ortloff pleads guilty to enticing minors

>Minimum sentence will be 10 years

>Thursday, December 25, 2008

>By Jill Bryce (Contact)

>Gazette Reporter

>

>

>

>

>George "Chris" OrtloffText Size: A | A | A

>ALBANY ? George ?Chris? Ortloff, a longtime state legislator and more

>recently a member of the state Parole Board, pleaded guilty in U.S.

>District Court on Wednesday to online enticement of minors.

>

>Sentencing was scheduled for April 23. Ortloff, who is married and has

>two grown children, faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in

>prison and a maximum penalty of life. He could also be fined $250,000.

>

>Ortloff, 61, of Plattsburgh, admitted Wednesday before Judge Thomas J.

>McAvoy that he used the telephone and a number of Internet service

>providers, including AOL, to communicate with minors. Between June and

>October, he communicated with a woman he thought was the mother of two

>girls in Albany County. In fact, he was actually conversing with

>undercover agents with the New York State Police?s Internet Crimes

>Against Children Task Force and knowingly misrepresented his identity.

>

>During their conversations, he was informed that the ?minors? were 11

>and 12 years old, and he discussed engaging in various sexual acts

>with them. He also said that he would like to meet these minors for

>the purpose of engaging in, among other things, intercourse, oral sex

>and masturbation, according to court papers.

>

>He eventually said that he was interested in meeting the minors to

>engage in sexual acts, and a meeting was arranged by Ortloff at an

>unidentified hotel in Colonie. He drove to the hotel on Oct. 13 to

>meet the minors to engage in sex, according to the U.S. Attorney?s

>Office.

>

>He brought two vibrators, lubricant and condoms to the hotel,

>according to state police who were at the hotel to arrest him.

>

>Ortloff?s laptop computer, which was used to communicate with the

>minors, was seized from his hotel room with a warrant.

>

>Also confiscated was a webcam that Ortloff had previously given the

>undercover investigator in an attempt to communicate with the minors.

>A digital camera and a flash drive were also recovered from the hotel

>room.

>

>According to court records, in August 2008 Ortloff acknowledged to an

>undercover agent that what he was doing was not legal and that was why

>it was necessary to ensure he was not walking into a trap or being

>?set up.?

>

>Neither Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Spina Jr. nor Ortloff?s

>attorney, Andrew Safranko, could be reached on Wednesday to comment.

>

>Ortloff represented the North Country?s 110th Assembly District from

>1986 until 2006, when Gov. George Pataki appointed him to the Parole

>Board. In that position, he interviewed inmates before voting whether

>to authorize their release. He was paid $102,000 a year but resigned

>after his arrest.

>

>The case was investigated by the state police Internet Crimes Against

>Children Task Force and Computer Crimes Unit, with assistance from the

>state police Special Investigations Unit, state police investigators

>working in the Ray Brook, Plattsburgh and Loudonville stations and the

>state attorney general?s pffice.

are we talking the origianl film or the remake here?