-Caveat Lector- According to police, some of the children who told them they had been molested said they had been shown a digital video disc which "depicted the torture and killing of naked females"
===== http://www.masslive.com/springfield/unionnews/index.ssf?/news/pstories/me82sex6.html Springfield News: 4 facing charges in child molestation Friday, August 2, 2002 By KIM RING WARREN � Four area residents face dozens of charges that they molested as many as 10 children over several years at a home on Bemis Road. Police said yesterday that the arrests came after a five-month investigation, which is continuing. "This is the worst case I have ever seen," said Stephen E. Granlund, the Police Department's sexual investigator, yesterday. "And it doesn't end here." Granlund, along with police from Palmer and Ware, made the arrests late Wednesday night and early yesterday morning after obtaining warrants from Western Worcester District Court in East Brookfield. Phyllis T. Hopkins, 36, and her husband, Adam G. Hopkins, 38, both of 46 Bank Street, Ware; her former husband, Robert P. Lloyd Sr., 35, and her former brother-in-law Albert S. Kurtigian, 51, both of 1339 Main St., Palmer, were arrested and charged with multiple counts. According to police, some of the children who told them they had been molested said they had been shown a digital video disc which "depicted the torture and killing of naked females" or adult films or magazines. Police said the alleged victims included both males and females and that the alleged offenses dated from 1990 to 1999. All of the incidents took place in Warren, said Granlund. Phyllis T. Hopkins was ordered held on bail after being arraigned on charges including three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 years old, two counts of open and gross behavior, two counts of dissemination of matter harmful to a minor, and indecent assault and battery on a child over 14 years old. Roger Banks, representing her, told the court that she is a customer service representative at Wal-Mart and the mother of five. Banks questioned the credibility of the victims and asked Judge Charles A. Abdella to release his client on personal recognizance. While Assistant District Attorney Todd Mathieson requested that bail be set at $5,000, Abdella instead set the bail at $15,000 cash. Abdella ordered Adam Hopkins held on $150,000 cash bail, and appointed a lawyer to represent him. Hopkins, dressed in a black sleeveless shirt and with a grim reaper tattoo on his arm, told the court that he could not afford a lawyer. Adam G. Hopkins is facing 21 charges, including rape of a child under 16 years old with force, five counts of indecent assault and battery and rape. According to the police report, Hopkins showed the torture videotape to an alleged victim when she was 15 years old. Another victim alleged that Hopkins forced her repeatedly to perform sex acts on him while he sexually abused her. Albert S. Kurtigian Sr., a 50-year-old widower, sniffled and wiped at his eyes in court yesterday. His bail was set at $25,000 after Mathieson told the judge that he had a record, including charges that he had failed to show up in court. Kurtigian, who has a 10th-grade education, shook during the arraignment and asked a court officer who was leading him out of the courtroom in handcuffs, "Am I free?" Kurtigian is facing six charges, including two counts of rape and abuse of a child under 16 and two counts of assault and battery on a child under 14. Abdella ordered Lloyd held on $50,000 cash bail after hearing the 15 charges he faces. According to police reports, an alleged victim claimed that Lloyd tied her up and raped her when she was six years old. Police said young male victims reported that Lloyd fondled them and asked them to perform sex acts. All four suspects were ordered to stay away from the alleged victims and to have no contact with anyone under 16 years old. All are due back in Western Worcester District Court in East Brookfield on Aug. 19 for a pretrial conference. 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