Press Release
For release: Immediate
For more information contact: James Reams: 642-4249
Rockingham County Attorney announces his election as Treasurer of the National District Attorney’s Association
Brentwood
- County Attorney
Also
the next morning at that meeting, US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
addressed the DA’s about the federal Project Safe Childhood and identified
Reams as a leader in the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and
fighting to protect children from predators. “I was surprised and humbled by
the Attorney General of the United States mentioning Rockingham County and me
in his speech”, Said Reams. “There can be no more important thing for us to do
other than protecting our children. I am glad the U. S. Attorney General is bringing
the federal government to the fight”, Reams continued.
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Excerpt from the
Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Summer Conference
of the National District Attorneys Association*
Santa Fe, New
Mexico
“I
feel strongly that Project Safe Childhood offers additional opportunities to
help our kids. I know that many of you have been focused on this issue for
years, fighting for America’s children without rest. For example, there is Jim
Reams, County Attorney in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, who for many years
has developed and taught courses on how to investigate internet crimes against
children. And Jim is his own pupil. He has prosecuted many of these heinous
crimes. I’d like to mention just one—the case of Jessie Labrie. Labrie was a
daycare worker who offered to baby-sit for children in their parents’ homes.
Parents would leave for the evening thinking their child was in good care, when
in reality Labrie was molesting them. Jim Reams successfully tried Labrie
before a jury for molesting one child and obtained a sentence of 20 to 40
years. Labrie later pleaded guilty to molesting 3 more victims, one of whom was
previously unknown to the police. I was struck by this case because who hasn’t
left their child with a babysitter. It could happen in any town in America.
Like Jim, many of you are leaders on the Internet Crimes Against Children Task
Forces – strong and effective organizations that Project Safe Childhood will
complement and support. “