No Jail for Internet Sexual Predator - Sentenced to probation
By Dr. Kardasz
Phoenix, Arizona
In September 2005, Timothy Christopher Rondina, a 34 year old unmarried high school baseball coach, used the identities, az_baseballcoach, and coach2368@msn.com during Internet chat conversations. His intent was to meet a minor for sex.
During on-line chat conversations Rondina made statements including:
"u wanna try makin out with a cute older guy"
"are you a virgin?"
"ok if i come get you..do u wanna try sex?"
"if you get a really big guy it can hurt the first time"
"but then the second and third..it feels good"
"u ever give a guy a b___ j__?" (expletive deleted) "
"i just really hope you are not the police or anything...."
"this is kind of illegal ya know..i want to make sure u are not like the police or anything"
"im the one that can get caught and go to jail"
Despite his own well-founded misgivings, Rondina's urges overcame his better judgement and he arranged to meet the intended victim. He then drove 28 miles from his Scottsdale apartment to west Phoenix for the encounter but was instead arrested by members of the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
On May 2, 2006 Rondina plead guilty before Hon. Andrew G. Klein of the Maricopa County (AZ) Superior Court to the Arizona crime of luring a minor for sexual exploitation, a class 3 felony carrying a theoretical maximum sentence of seven years prison.
Judge Klein sentenced Rondina to 8 years probation & sex offender registration, with six months of jail suspended.
Maricopa County Case number case CR2005-128508-001