James C. Love
Posted by Webmaster in Hall of Shame, Illinois, ME-MV, Middle Schools, Substitute Teachers
(6/23/07 – Initial BBT Report)
James C. Love, 37, of Bloomington, Illinois a substitute teacher for Bloomington and Normal, Illinois schools and a minister at Bloomington’s Mount Pisgah Baptist Church has been set for trial on July 16 on four counts of aggravated battery and four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
Love is alleged to have sedated and sexually abused four teenage boys at his home earlier this year.
Reportedly Love is married and has a 14-year-old son.
Love remains jailed in lieu of $40,000 bail and a pre-trial hearing is set for July 12th.
7/12/07 – Trial Delayed
The trial for James C. Love set for July 16th has been delayed owing to delays in obtaining necessary DNA testing results and production of evidence to the defense. There is no new trial date set at this time, although a status hearing is scheduled for August 21st.
Love remains in jail in lieu of paying the $40,000 bail.
11/21/07 – State Trial Delayed Till Feds Are Done
McLean County Circuit Court Judge Kevin Fitzgerald has granted a request for a delay in Jame Love’s trial on state charges until such time as the federal charges are settled.
The judge also authorized supervised visits between Love and his 14-year-old son.
2/08/08 – Federal Trial Delayed
The federal trial of James C. Love, scheduled for February 25th, has been delayed so that Love can be evaluated at a medical facility in the prison system.
07/18/08 – Competent For Trial
James Love has been found competent to stand trial on federal child pornography charges.
Love is scheduled to stand trial in October.
09/30/08 – Guilty Plea To Child Pornography
James Love pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to child pornography charges.
Love will serve 20 years in federal prison and be be on supervised release for life once he completes his prison sentence.
All other charges against Love were dropped as part of the plea deal.
The plea to the child pornography count was for taking explicit photos of boys after he drugged and molested them at his Bloomington home last year.
10/29/08 – Charges Dropped In McLean County
In light of James Love’s guilty plea and sentence in federal court state charges against him in McLean County have been dropped.
01/30/09 – Formal Sentencing
In keeping with the terms of his plea deal in October, James Love has been sentenced in a federal court to 20 years in federal prison for child pornography.
References:
Former Bloomington substitute teacher gets 20 years for child porn (01/30/09)
Bloomington Man Sentenced (01/30/09)
James Love sentenced to 20 years in prison (01/30/09)
Charges Dropped In McLean County Sex Case (10/29/08
Former substitute teacher pleads guilty to child porn (09/30/08)
Minister accused of sex abuse fit to stand trial (07/18/08)
Love trial on hold pending mental exam (2/08/08)
Delay granted in trial of minister accused of sex abuse (11/21/07)
Trial delayed for minister accused of sex abuse (7/12/07)
Date set for minister’s sex-abuse trial
Background:
Accused minister faces more sex charges (5/07/07)
Love’s bond raised to $300,000 on new charges (5/09/07)
Bloomington minister pleads not guilty in sex abuse case (5/18/07)
Bloomington teacher is accused; minister expresses support for him (5/19/07)
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What a fool, leaving the tape in the camera, mr egghead is a sick person that doesn’t need to be released.
I was a child who was mentored by James for many years and now I am 26 and have kids of my own. With in the last year prior to him being jailed went on a road trip with him and a number of youth football players. While on this trip I did not see any thing out of the ordinary. That does not make him innocent but I refuse to put him in a category till I know all the facts. If you are not willing to find out all the facts then you should not put anyone in a box. I think I would had a better chance of being taken advantage of seeing that I was 11-13 and he was watching over me and other boys many times during sleepovers and individual study when I did not understand my Algebra homework. I also talked to another boy who was being mentored at the same time and he does not recall and funny business. Maybe he changed but I cant see him as a monster if he did not treat me bad bad when he had plenty of opportunities. If anyone is reading this and knows how I can get a hold of James leave a reply thanks.
The way this guy did his abusing was very bad, there are probably many more boys that don’t remember it happened to them, and more that won’t come forward because of shame. He was my sons football coach and wanted to help tudor one of my boys. I was suspicious of him though and declined. People are pretty stirred up about this guy and I hope he goes to prison, if he gets out I am afraid he will find justice the other way. And I would hate to see someone else go to prison for trying to right this wrong.