American Schoolteacher MICKY RIFE Arrested in Kentucky for Child Sex Crimes in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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If a girlfriend finds out that she's dating a pedo the only right thing to do is to become an ex girlfriend and notify authorities which is exactly what she did

She's a goddamn hero
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fax wrote: Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:05 am If a girlfriend finds out that she's dating a pedo the only right thing to do is to become an ex girlfriend and notify authorities which is exactly what she did
Surely she knew long before?

Edited to add. Perhaps I need to reread the timeline of events.
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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:14 am A former vice principal at Hi-Bridge where Rife taught told the Foreign Service National Investigator that she knew of two children who attended the school who had been molested by Rife, one in 2013 and another in 2015.
I tell you what, this vice principal needs a swift curb-stomping.

How hard is to contact embassies about stuff like this. Obviously the ex-girlfriend had no trouble. And that is what it took to finally drag the half witted vice principal down to the US embassy to assist in the investigation.

Imagine how many other victims there are at this school, so young that maybe the couldn't articulate the molestation to their parents.

How many between 2013 - 2015? and how many between 2015 - 2018?

This school needs to be shuttered for criminal negligence, and this vice principal put in a cell.

And while were at it, the fat-cat owner should be stripped of his thick, diamond encrusted ring, fat ostentatious watch, tank sized 6 figure luxury car and what ever other typical accoutrements these show-off rich Khmer have.
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fax wrote: Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:58 am REALLY? That's your reaction to this whole mess? Forget the fact that 5 year olds gave statements and had vaginal pain because of the probably-evil ex Khmer girlfriend? Pedophilia accusations against the Rife brothers date back to 2009 you both should be ashamed of yourselves.

She provided a copy of a written warning memorandum that had been provided to Rife in 2013 to address his “misconduct and inappropriate behavior with children at the school.” Did she write it herself then

Do you really think the American investigators are so stupid that an ex girlfriend would lure them into false arrest? You have lost your minds

I doubt that she wrote it herself, she probable wrote the note to the school telling them to give him a warning, which could be why she was so keen to have a copy of the warning memorandum. Why else would she keep it?
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Brody wrote: Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:15 am
CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:14 am A former vice principal at Hi-Bridge where Rife taught told the Foreign Service National Investigator that she knew of two children who attended the school who had been molested by Rife, one in 2013 and another in 2015.
I tell you what, this vice principal needs a swift curb-stomping.

How hard is to contact embassies about stuff like this. Obviously the ex-girlfriend had no trouble. And that is what it took to finally drag the half witted vice principal down to the US embassy to assist in the investigation.

Imagine how many other victims there are at this school, so young that maybe the couldn't articulate the molestation to their parents.

How many between 2013 - 2015? and how many between 2015 - 2018?

This school needs to be shuttered for criminal negligence, and this vice principal put in a cell.

And while were at it, the fat-cat owner should be stripped of his thick, diamond encrusted ring, fat ostentatious watch, tank sized 6 figure luxury car and what ever other typical accoutrements these show-off rich Khmer have.
Court records suggest the Vice Principal was employed there from July 2013 until 2018. The records describe the written memorandum/warning to Rife as being from sometime in 2013:



It's unclear if this Vice Principal was involved in disciplining Rife instead of firing him, or if she arrived later in 2013 and inherited the problem. However, one would think it would have been her prerogative, at some point during her employment as Vice Principal to say "This written warning you gave Rife in 2013 is ridiculous, you should have just fired him, let's fire him now." Especially since she told the FBI she was aware of him molesting a girl in 2015. How did he keep his job after a 2015 molestation that this Vice Principal was aware of (unless she became aware of it after leaving Hi Bridge in January 2018 but before being interviewed by the FBI in February 2018?

Also, I would suggest that given all the allegations against Rife of inappropriately touching little girls, maybe this Vice Principal should have asked someone else to play Santa Claus at Hi Bridge's 2016 Christmas party.

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Rife pleads guilty to sexually assaulting small children in Cambodia
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January 23, 2020
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FRANKFORT- A Salyersville native pleaded guilty in federal court last week, admitting that he engaged and attempted to engage in illicit sexual conduct with two minor females while he traveled and resided in Cambodia.

On Thursday, January 16, Micky Rife, 36, formerly of Salyersville, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove. According to the press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Rife admitted in his plea agreement that between September 3, 2012, and December 9, 2018, he traveled in foreign commerce, and between March 7, 2013 and December 9, 2018, he resided in Cambodia, and that during those time frames, he touched two minor females under their clothing and inside or on their genital areas on more than one occasion. He further admitted that both minor victims were under the age of 12 when the illicit conduct occurred.

Rife was previously indicted on two separate counts of the same offense in February 2019, and he pleaded guilty to one count last Thursday.

In the original criminal complaint filed on January 24, 2019, against Rife, alleging that while he was in Cambodia teaching, from September 2012 until December 2018, he had sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl. During the investigation, however, investigators uncovered other allegations of sexual abuse regarding Rife, dating back to 2013.


While it is unclear if any action was taken between April and December, on December 5, 2018, Rife was terminated from his position as a teacher at the school, and then re-entered the U.S. on December 9, 2018. Upon re-entry, he was sent to a secondary screening and inspected by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer. Reportedly, that officer found a notebook with notes on what he believed to be Rife’s child’s bathroom usage, as well as found texts and messages on his phone from unknown persons asking questions about him leaving, such as “Why did you leave?” and “Did you do something bad?”

The officer made copies of pages in Rife’s notebook, which reportedly contained references to pornographic websites, usernames, passwords, games, websites, and a page which was in another language.

Rife told the Customs officer that he left Cambodia and his job on good terms, and that he didn’t get paid enough money, so he was returning to seek better employment. He reported that he planned to stay with his brother or his mother.

The brother he had told law enforcement he planned to stay with in Owensboro is actually on parole for a similar offense. Rife’s twin, Ricky Rife, was convicted in 2014 on a felony charge of sexual abuse, first degree, victim under 12 years of age (violent crime). He was sentenced to 7 years, but was released on parole in July 2017 and is a registered sex offender.

Robert M. Duncan, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Jerry Templet, Special Agent in Charge, Department of Homeland Security- Homeland Security Investigations (DHS-HSI), SAC Nashville, and Rodney Brewer, Commissioner, Kentucky State Police jointly announced the guilty plea.

The investigation was conducted in Cambodia and Kentucky by HSI and the Kentucky State Police. The United States was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney David A. Marye and Trial Attorney Lauren S. Kupersmith of the Child Obscenity and Exploitation Section of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Rife is scheduled to be sentenced on May 27, 2020. He faces up to 30 years in prison and lifetime supervised release, and a maximum fine of $250,000. However, any sentence will be imposed by the Court after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal sentencing statutes.

At press time Rife is still being held at the Franklin County Regional Jail, where he has been since his arrest.
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30 years - good show the US for following up, not letting go and putting the c*** behind bars.

This type of person brings down the whole show for genuine guys (and ladies) who live and work here.
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He reported that he planned to stay with his brother or his mother. The brother he had told law enforcement he planned to stay with in Owensboro is actually on parole for a similar offense. Rife’s twin, Ricky Rife, was convicted in 2014 on a felony charge of sexual abuse, first degree, victim under 12 years of age (violent crime). He was sentenced to 7 years, but was released on parole in July 2017 and is a registered sex offender.
Twin brothers, Micky and Ricky, both pedo sex offenders.. :wtf:
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Mishmash wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2020 8:30 am 30 years - good show the US for following up, not letting go and putting the c*** behind bars.

This type of person brings down the whole show for genuine guys (and ladies) who live and work here.
It ain't 30 years yet - that's the max and he's done a plea deal. We'll have to wait a while for the actual sentence.

I read the affidavit in full, it seems like a fairly thorough investigation and the evidence, once professionally acquired and compiled, is compelling. Something the authorities here should be using as a model.

Now that facts are out there and he has pleaded guilty you would have thought that school would suffer such a reputational blow it could not survive. I wonder how many parents even know about this incident?

The school's incompetence and negligence ought to bar all those involved with this matter with any child protection roles. It really is a disgrace.
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clutchcargo wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2020 9:24 am
He reported that he planned to stay with his brother or his mother. The brother he had told law enforcement he planned to stay with in Owensboro is actually on parole for a similar offense. Rife’s twin, Ricky Rife, was convicted in 2014 on a felony charge of sexual abuse, first degree, victim under 12 years of age (violent crime). He was sentenced to 7 years, but was released on parole in July 2017 and is a registered sex offender.
Twin brothers, Micky and Ricky, both pedo sex offenders.. :wtf:
Pair of Twats Clutch! Well spotted.
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