Deaf Man Charged With Molesting 8-Year-Old

Deaf Indiana man has been arrested and charged with child molesting after police say he touched an 8-year-old girl inappropriately.

FRANKLIN, Indiana -- Richard Marion Huffman, 51, 4175 W. County Line Road, Greenwood, Indiana, was arrested and charged on Monday for an incident that occurred sometime between April and June.

If convicted, Huffman faces up to 40 years in prison on the Level 1 Felony, which is the highest level felony someone can be charged with, outside of murder.

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A deputy with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office responded in September to a home in Greenwood on a child molesting complaint, according to charging documents filed Monday in Johnson County Circuit Court.

The child told police she was lying in bed and Huffman was lying behind her when he touched her inappropriately three times, according to court documents.

The victim also told police the touching only stopped when she pushed his hand away. Huffman later apologized to the girl and told her not to tell anyone that it happened, court documents said.

The child’s mother told police she was talking to her daughter about body safety in September, and the victim told her mother that Huffman had touched her, court documents said.

Police attempted to interview Huffman, but at the time of the initial interview earlier this month, Huffman told police he would not be interviewed without an interpreter, because he is Deaf. There was not an interpreter immediately available, court documents said.

Police later contacted him and said an interpreter would be paid for by the sheriff’s office. His lawyer returned the call and said Huffman would not be interviewed, according to court documents. He was arrested and taken to to the Johnson County jail, where he is held on $40,000 bond.

SOURCE - Daily Journal

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A 2-year-old pit bull named Ace is being called a hero after waking his Deaf owner, a 13-year-old boy, during a devastating house fire.

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana -- A 2-year-old male pit bull named Ace was being hailed as a hero Wednesday, after waking his Deaf teenage owner during a devastating house fire. The teen's cochlear implants were turned off, so the dog licked his face to wake him up.

At 1:11 p.m., Indianapolis firefighters were called to fight a fire at a home on the city's south side, officials said. Upon their arrival, flames were shooting from the garage.

Officials said Nick Lamb, 13, who is Deaf, was sleeping in the house at the time. Ace was able to alert Nick and awaken him by licking his face. "He was thankful that Ace entered his room and licked his face until he woke up," Indianapolis Fire Department Capt. Rita Reith said in a news release. "The boy quickly covered his nose and mouth with his T-shirt and exited the rear of the house."

Lamb said he was taught at school about covering his face and finding the nearest exit. Without his shoes but with Ace by his side, he darted out of the back door before calling his mother and 911. "I couldn't hear anything because I had my cochlear implants off - My dog Ace smelled it," Lamb said. "I just wanted to get out."

The fire-blackened home had $175,000 in damage. But Ace and Lamb made it out safely. No one else was home when the fire started.

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Deaf people with mental illness need culturally sensitive treatment.

Medical practitioners need to provide culturally sensitive treatment to members of the Deaf community with psychiatric disorders to ensure they are diagnosed correctly and receive appropriate treatment, says Wolters Kluwer Health.

The report was published in the March Journal of Psychiatric Practice. The authors reviewed the limited research literature available about the mental health care of Deaf patients who communicate via American Sign Language (ASL) or gestures.

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"Deaf individuals comprise a cultural and linguistic minority group within the United States, and culturally and linguistically appropriate psychiatric treatment must reflect these differences," according to Sarah A. Landsberger, PhD, and coauthors of the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.

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