Statute of limitation on child sex crimes and man accused of keeping woman sex slave for years in Florida
by Dara Kam | March 11th, 2010Federal prosecutors in Florida are trying to keep a serial child molester behind bars in California for crimes George Joseph England allegedly committed in Palm Beach County.
England, now 65, is accused of buying then-five-year-old Jackie Zudis from her mother in Vietnam in the early 1970s. He claimed her as his adopted daughter and kept her as a sex slave for more than a decade, authorities say.
England sexually assaulted three of her young friends, skipped out of sentencing in California and lived for years in Florida — including Palm Beach County — using the fake name of a dead baby.
England never was charged because Zudis because never reported him until she was an adult, long after California’s statute of limitations had expired.
Like California, Florida has a statute of limitations on child molestation charges. But lawmakers are considering doing away with that restriction. Palm Beach County lawyer Michael Dolce, who is spearheading the effort, appealed to lawmakers this week to pass a measure that would allow adults like him to press charges against their rapists long after the crimes were committed.
Sen. Dave Aronberg, a Greenacres Democrat, is sponsoring a bill again (SB 870) this year that would do away with Florida’s current law giving victims of certain sex offenses, including “non-forcible rape” of children age 12 and older, until they are 21 to press charges. Lawsuits must be filed before the victim reaches age 26. A committee gave Aronberg’s measure an initial thumbs-up this week.
Read Eliot Kleinberg’s story about England and his Palm Beach County connection here.
California prosecutors said the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office were filing an arrest warrant Thursday in Palm Beach County for crimes England allegedly committed against Jackie Zudis in Florida.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami declined to comment Thursday, but said it might have information Friday. An FBI spokeswoman did not return calls.
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March 11th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Once again this sounds like its all about saving the children or at least prosecuting those who violate the children. Michael Dolce claims he was sexually abused by a neighbor at age seven in some other state and wants to delete Florida’s statute of limitations for those crimes. This sounds like a victim sticking his neck out to help other children who are victim’s of sexual abuse. Well this is BS!!! I contacted Michael Dolce about five boys who have raped in a state of Florida sanctioned school. All he wanted was the right to file a lawsuit in their behalf. He don’t give a crap about the children. Its the money!!! Sheriff Borders of Lake County Florida helped start this school and has
covered up the sex abuse of these boys for years. He might even be involved with the sex abuse! DCF don’t care about these boys. The State Attorney hides these reports. Nothing happened! How do these bastards sleep? That is the question!
March 12th, 2010 at 7:50 am
“Bull Crap” – Michael is doing a good thing, for the right reasons, and has been trying to get this bill passed for over 5 years. Also, what else would you expect him to do when you come to him with a lawsuit? What else could he do for the boys? He is trying to change the statute, and offered to help these boys by suing on their behalf. I think you are full of bull crap, and obviously don’t understand what’s going on. To suggest Michael is involved in sex abuse just makes you look like an idiot. Please let me know what Michael should do with these “boys” you talked to him about, as well as why he shouldn’t persue this law. I don’t know why anyone would be against it…except the catholic church who kills the bill every year bc they are scared of the lawsuits they’ll now be open to.