SERIOUSLY!!

This is why I typically don't read the paper.  It's things like this that make me go...."SERIOUSLY"!

A Monmouth man charged with sexually abusing three girls during a span of eight years was sentenced Friday on four criminal counts in connection with the incidents, earning him five years of probation.
Timothy Paul Dyer, 22, pleaded no contest to three counts of attempted sexual abuse and one count of attempted unlawful sexual penetration in Benton County Circuit Court.
Dyer also must register as a sex offender for life and undergo sex offender treatment. Failure to comply with these requirements could land him in prison for as long as 10 years.
Eighteen other charges against Dyer were dismissed as part of a plea bargain. Charges dismissed were six counts of first-degree sexual assault, two counts of second-degree sexual assault, four counts of third-degree sexual assault, three counts of sexual penetration and three counts of coercion.
Dyer still faces related sexual abuse charges in Polk County.
Judge Locke Williams chided Dyer for not fully acknowledging his crimes and warned he could still face prison if he failed to complete sex offender treatment.
"The first step with any type of treatment ... is admitting that you have a problem," Williams said. "You've pled no contest. As you stand here today, it doesn't seem you've taken full responsibility for the acts you've pled to."
Dyer did not make a statement at the hearing.
The crimes occurred during an eight-year span. The victims and Dyer knew each other because they attended Trinity Missionary Church in Corvallis. Some of the crimes occurred during church youth group outings.
The mother of two of the victims eventually reported the incidents to police, who launched an investigation. Despite the fact the some of the crimes occurred when Dyer was 11 or 12, he was charged as an adult. Under Oregon law, suspects can be prosecuted as adults for crimes committed when they were minors.
Despite the plea agreement, Dyer's parents insist their son is innocent and that the charges against him were fabricated by the alleged victims.
"None of it's true," said his mother, Amy Dyer.
She said the family was willing to accept a plea deal because a trial would have been traumatizing and because Dyer would have faced a long prison sentence if convicted.
In addition, Amy Dyer said, a trial "would have drug our church through the mud, too, and we didn't want that."
Dyer's attorney, Sarah Baldwin of Salem, said she supported the plea agreement.
"The bottom line is I think the district attorney could have gotten a conviction" if the case had gone to trial, she said. "It was probably best for everyone involved."
Deputy District Attorney Mike Flinn said he had no doubts about the credibility of the victims in this case.

I know....this is a negative post.  Which I really don't want to do.  But I couldn't help myself.  I promise I will do a really positively positive one next.