Church employee charged with sex crimes

Published 10:55 pm Tuesday, January 24, 2012

A former church employee accused of sex crimes with one of the youth in the church was indicted by a Suffolk grand jury on Monday.

The grand jury indicted 43 defendants on 118 charges.

Elizabeth Lee Beckett, 23, was indicated on eight counts of indecent liberties with a child after the alleged acts with a member of the youth group at Bethel Temple Assembly of God in Hampton.

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According to prosecutor Nicole Belote, Beckett was employed with the church and also knew the family outside of church. They allowed her into their Suffolk home to watch the children, which is where the alleged acts occurred, Belote said.

She is accused of exposing herself to the teen, engaging in oral sex with him, fondling him and having him fondle her when he was between the ages of 13 and 16.

Belote said the two allegedly also “came very close to having sexual intercourse” before the boy stopped her.

The full list of indictments is below.

  • Michael R. Andino — grand larceny
  • Keith Lashawn Artis — possess other Schedule I or II drug
  • Tobbie Silvester Artis — larceny with intent to sell or distribute; grand larceny
  • Cheryl Sue Asad — grand larceny
  • Curtis Terrell Barrett — grand larceny (5 counts); larceny with intent to sell or distribute (3 counts); conspiracy to commit a felony; statutory burglary (2 counts)
  • George Junior Bazemore — obtaining money or property by false pretense (2 counts); grand larceny; larceny with intent to sell or distribute
  • Elizabeth Lee Beckett — indecent liberties with child exposure (2 counts); indecent liberties with child in a custodial relationship (6 counts)
  • Charles Edward Brown Jr. — prohibited criminal street gang participation; conspiracy to commit a felony; misdemeanor assault and battery
  • Treveon D. Clemons — forgery of a public record
  • Christopher Ryan Cross — conspiracy to commit a felony; prohibited criminal street gang participation; assault and battery by a mob
  • Kelvin Andre Darden Sr. — larceny with intent to sell or distribute; grand larceny; obtaining money by false pretenses
  • Timothy Lamar Daughtery — prohibited criminal street gang participation; conspiracy to commit a felony; misdemeanor assault and battery; misdemeanor trespass
  • Sean Michael Dennis — sexual penetration with object of victim under 13 (4 counts); indecent liberties with child in a custodial relationship (2 counts); aggravated sexual battery of victim under 13 (5 counts)
  • Alan Michael Deziel — uttering; forgery (4 counts); felony embezzlement
  • Terence Terry Fitzgerald — drive while habitual offender, subsequent offense
  • Susie Rena Francis — attempted obstruction of justice
  • Corey Jermon Freeman — receiving stolen firearm; conspiracy to commit a felony (2 counts); sell or give firearm to felon; possess/transport/conceal firearm by convicted felon
  • Aaron Dale Green II — malicious wounding while part of a mob (2 counts); aggravated malicious wounding; prohibited criminal street gang participation
  • Bryan Lee Harden — child neglect/abuse, reckless disregard
  • Lynda Louise Harrell — felony concealment
  • Tiffany Rochelle Holley — felony embezzlement
  • Quashawn Damon House — prohibited criminal street gang participation; receiving stolen firearm; malicious wounding while part of a mob (2 counts); malicious wounding
  • Traven Jackson — prohibited criminal street gang participation; malicious wounding while part of a mob (2 counts)
  • Willie George Jackson — carnal knowledge of a minor (5 counts)
  • Eugene Johnson III — credit card theft; receiving stolen firearm; possess/transport/conceal firearm by convicted felon
  • Demetrius Antonio Jones — malicious wounding; aggravated malicious wounding; use of a firearm in the commission of a felony; shoot/stab/cut/wound; discharge firearm in/at occupied building; misdemeanor concealed weapon
  • Reuben Joyner Jr. — obtaining money or property by false pretense; larceny with intent to sell or distribute; grand larceny
  • Joseph Richard Keesee Jr. — destruction of property
  • Lakeisha Lannette Knox — forgery of public record; uttering a forged public record
  • Cami Elaine Lee — statutory burglary; enter property with intent to damage
  • Eddie R. Lucas — discharge firearm in/at occupied building
  • Douglas Wayne McKibben — malicious throw/shoot at occupied vehicle
  • Ronald Scott Mercer — false statement to obtain utility service
  • Carl Lamont Moore — third offense larceny
  • Levonte Vernon Morings — third offense larceny; third offense concealment
  • Horatio L. Overton — possess/transport/conceal firearm by a convicted felon
  • Marcuis Jamell Parker — statutory burglary
  • Samuel Derrell Parker — possession of cocaine with intent to distribute; possession of firearm while distributing
  • Carl Lee Scott — third offense larceny
  • Alan Lee Shaver — assault and battery of law enforcement officer
  • George Wilson Smith — possess cocaine
  • Joquion Letrille Stephens — assault and battery of law enforcement officer
  • Nicholas Wellons — wearing a mask in public