(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
**Graphic Description of Sexual Assault**
A Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge today, ordered a Kenosha man, David T. Deberge, to spend the next 30 years in prison. Judge Angelina Gabriele handed down the sentence today after Deberge was found guilty of “Repeated Sexual Assault of a Child” and another serious sex crime felony by a unanimous jury. Deberge worked as a substitute teacher for KUSD for 34 years, and was a jail chaplain.
(Kenosha County Sheriff)
According to the criminal complaint, and evidence presented at trial, Deberge sexually assaulted a girl from the fourth grade to the eighth grade. The assaults started as touching over the clothing and progressed to under the clothing. He then forced the girl to perform oral sex on himself many times. He would take pictures of her in the shower and do other terrible things. Deberge told the girl that she had to perform sexual activity on him as a form of discipline. Deberge also told the girl that her mother knew and that she didn’t care.
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Smathers asked for the maximum penalty allowed by law today.
“As the court is aware, and sat through the jury trial, the defendant was convicted of repeated sexual assault of the same child… when she was between the ages of 9 and 13 years old. It started with touching over the clothing on her breasts and her stomach and hips. Then it slowly progressed to touching under the clothing on her breasts and her vaginal area. It progressed to penetration with fingers and having [her] touch and fondle his penis. And finally, culminated in having [her] perform oral sex on him.”
Smathers told the court that it wasn’t until the child went to sex ed, that she realized what was happening was wrong. Smathers called the victim a “remarkable young woman.” She told the court that the victim only came forward because she suspected that Deberge had another victim in his scope and she didn’t want someone else to suffer how she did.
The court room was packed with supporters who Smathers addressed by saying “And I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that the David that these individuals know is the one who is reflected in the [21] letters of support… However, the man that you truly are is the one who you are behind closed doors – the one who you are when the lights are off. The one who you are when no one believes that anyone is looking. And that is who Mr. Deberg truly is. The man who sexually assaulted his [victim] for years and almost got away with it.” At one point a supporter made an outburst during the sentencing, that sparked a quick rebuke from the judge. “If you’re going to talk, you can leave the courtroom,” said Judge Gabriele.
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
“We intend to file an appeal, and so we’ve advised [Deberge] to not make a statement to the court” said one of Deberge’s attorneys, Carl Johnson. Johnson asked the court to order 6-8 years in prison citing Deberge’s lack of criminal history and his community service.
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
“Twenty-one letters of support, and all I can think is how little they know you. What a secret you have hidden from them,” Judge Gabriele said to Deberge. “[The Victim] came to court. She testified. She was cross-examined. She was basically called a liar to the jury. Witnesses testified on behalf of Mr. Deberge, calling her a liar, saying she was dishonest. But the jury saw through all that, and they reached their verdict.”
With that, Judge Gabriele ordered 30 years in prison. Deberge, if he lived that long, will be 97 when he leaves prison.
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
As Deberge was ushered out of the courtroom, many people in the gallery yelled “We love you David!” One man said aloud, “I guess you can make things up and get away with it.”
61 Responses
Fucking piece of shit. Rot In Piss
I hope someone in jail makes him his bitch… MOM
There were 21 other pieces of shit in that courtroom too.
Agreed
Right on.
Carl Johnson. A POS lawyer too
Wow FUCK those loser supporters. Save us all the trouble and kill him
After just a few months in a prison, where he should suffer what he inflicted.
Finally, justice for once.
This creep may have been a substitute teacher, but he is better described as a member of the clergy.
Another clergy/pedo bites the dust.
Jesus saves.
You’re right, Jesus does save!
Another pedo teacher
I hope he gets his Just Desserts while showering with Bubba.
Is this guy’s name Deberg, DeBerg, Deberge, or Deberger?
If spelling errors trigger you, this is not the website for you. http://www.kenoshanews.com They spell shit correctly, but don’t have my rizz. Have a good night
You are a child of God and say shit?
Say what, rizz?
and you’re a saint???
Why not? We all do it just about every day. It may be a bit gross but necessary.
At this point, I would be wondering what kind of activities
his supporters are involved in, too. Makes one go hmmmm.
Right…. Lets investigate them as well
He work with a lot of special education students at Indian Trail
Hopefully he was never alone with them.
Is berg a supporter? If this guy was a Chaplain in the jail??????
Another teacher pedo. Another Pastor pedo. Seeing a huge trend here (and none of them dress in drag).
This is worse liberal
Wrong, the guy is actually super conservative. Read his VOPs to the Kenosha news.
That officer looks rather stern. Probably hates having to move this pos around
Christian Enwright in 30 years…
“And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.” She has destroyed his life.
He destroyed her life. She is just a little girl. Karma will take care of you.
you don’t care about the child he abused??? Wow you sound like my parents who allowed my grandfather to abuse me because “he was lonely” after my grandma died. Sick people like you perpetuate abuse
SHE destroyed HIS life? How much of a horror of a human do you have to be to say such a thing? I sincerely hope you’re never trusted to protect children.
I like your snarky replies but you represent yourself as a Christian. As a fellow Christian and admirer of your work, I encourage you to remember Ephesians 5:4, among many other verses, they tell us to be careful and how we speak.
“Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.”
I mean, the author says his favorite amendment is the second so not sure that he cares much about his Christian witness.
Do you understand that the Constitution also provides for due process? He was convicted by a jury of his peers. You are siding with a pedophile
And you like picking on governmental entities.
Don’t know what government entities were picked on because I didn’t read all the comments, but i do know that many of our government entities are corrupt just as many individuals are.
Government entities may have authority but that doesn’t make them automatically good or right.
Only God knows that truth , ppl are quick to accuse just as they are so quick to deny so only God will he answer to in the very end regardless of what is true or false
Thank you for writing the story. For the people who believe that organized religion, and all Christians are bad, they are not, but all Christians are not pedophiles, and some Christians are able to call out the evil that lives among them. To the victim, who had the courage to speak out, I salute you.
All the Christians that she spoke told her that her mom and her were crazy and problematic, even alcoholic. All lies to protect him. The pastors did absolutely nothing when ask for help. At court one looked at mom and said, “ she has no friends “. ( she was alone in court). All Christian’s are just like him.
Your trolling isn’t working, better luck next time.
Maybe so, but it would not be right to steroetype Christians any more than it is to stereotype anyone based on race, color, creed, occupation etc..
There are good and bad characters in all walks of life.
…All Imperfect humans deserving of death and in need of Jesus
I have known Dave for a long time I knew way back in the downtown KYF he was sneaky n was always using his Christian ways to try n hit ob women from the jail.
I dated one girl n he didn’t like that because he had a crush on her n would tell her I was no good n the devil. Umm look where you are now. The people who supported him I’m sure have faults of their own n are the type who think a preacher can do no wrong we all fall short of God even you. That’s why I never could keep attending church to many 2 faced people not all but many. I use to see Dave bring the child in the men’s locker room n he would be hollering at her n say you know better then the look on her face was sad now I know why. Prayers for that girl.
If you saw him take a child in the men’s locker room, why didn’t you stop him?
Where many go wrong is when they put a religious person or leader on a pedestal.
Look to God and not to the person who speaks of God as God.
All humans are sinners and that includes pastors and Christians. All are sinners…
The world needs to be pointed to Christ to forgive us our sins and to give us power over our sins, and yes, we should expect more from Christians and leaders, but ALL are sinners.
Let us not judge. That doesn’t mean we should not seek justice, but let us refrain from judging. We all deserve death, but thanks be to God who took our sins upon the cross.
Prison is too good for this piece of garbage!!! His sentence should be death by hanging
Here are things to think about in this case from family and friends with the insider scoop.
For one thing, none of these charges came about in previous years only when apparently his biological daughter could no longer live with the mother and the step sister and she wanted to live with her father Dave. That ensued Dave to hire an attorney to represent his daughter and in the interim they find out about the stepdaughter’s abuse which she had never mentioned before and maybe she never would have but it seems pretty odd that all the sudden it comes up and all the while the ex-wife loses child support on the biological daughter. Moreover to question if he knew he was guilty of what he was being accused of, all the time that he was freed after the first jail sentence, IF HE KNEW HE REALLY DID IT, and that truth spelled jail, he could have hightailed and left the country.
Here are other thoughts, if he professes to be such a Christian his guilty conscience would not let him lie. In most cases, and for him to have lied is like renouncing his faith!
There are things that none of us know. Sometimes the guilty get away with it and the innocent get charged.
You honestly think that a Christian can’t lie because their conscience won’t let it happen? You’re clearly very unobservant. Christians are absolutely fundamentally no different than anyone else.
Re-read what I said. I’m not denying that christians are susceptible to lie, but some of us would feel guilt while others maybe not… Either way, to do so, is still renouncing one’s faith.
In Dave’s case, while all the time I have personally known him, which has been years, I have never known him to lie or have ever caught him in a lie!
Sinning does NOT mean that one is denouncing their faith. All it does is prove that all are sinner and in need of a Saviour.
That is why we we need to examine ourselves regularly and confess and repent when we sin.
Sin is part of our human nature. That is why Paul, in the book of Roman’s, talks about doing the things that we shouldn’t and not doing the things that we ought to.
Overcoming din in our life is a life long battle, but the victory is ours through Christ who died for our sins.(past, present and future)
Perhaps you know this, but sinning is not the same as to renounce God.
most pedos like this one don’t feel like they are doing anything wrong. this is a natural thing for them . they prey on children. So he wouldn’t have a Guilty conscience due to his faith. Same for catholic priest’s how many of them have done the same over and over again, your saying they are innocent because of their faith. they are doing this act hurting innocent children, knowing its against their faith, but yet most of them proclaim their innocent and say they are not guilty when they evidence is stacked against them.
Any Christian would know right from wrong as it pertains to the things that Dave was accused of.
Sexual sin is clear enough in the Bible, and any true Christian would know.
Sexual sin, much like the sin of alcohol or drug addiction can numb one’s conscience, as it pertains to that sin if done repeatedly over a period of time…addiction can sear one’s conscience, but in the beginning the sin is recognized as sin.
Whatever happened to believe her? Do you honestly think this young adult ( child) would go through this and testify if she were making this up? Lock him up.
Not surprised he’s molesting children, animals, insects…the average white man.
He won’t last long incarcerated…I give him maybe 18 months. HIs gullt, along with the inmates hating his actions and the crap jobs at DOC will cause his demise.
On another note, Judge Angie seems to be gaining some weight and looking a bit peaked. Maybe being away from Michael has made her have to do some work.
Leave the judge alone. Whoever Michael is to her ( husband?) probably good reason she’s not with him.
This man is innocent God help the accusers!