Please go to this site and read this post. It is very scary to think that prosecutors would allow this now convicted sex offender to not serve any jail time. Apparently he has approximately 21 victims (although his father, Bob Nichols, told him to keep his mouth shut about the other victims) he was only charged for 2 victims, incidents that happened in 2002 and 2003, when he was a teenager. He is currently 21 now.
Please read this link: Aaron Nichols and I urge you to write to the Judge in this case. These victims deserve justice, not the fear of seeing him on the street as they try to pull their lives back together.
Also, be sure to read this letter written by a friend of one of the victim’s. It gives some details about this prosecutor, that I sure hope other prosecutors don’t take her lead when dealing with confessed child molesters.
June 28, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Many of his victims were either too young to recall or blocked out. Other victims could not come forward as their families did not want them too. Because his father would not allow Aaron to speak of the others….we may never even know just how many he molested.
As a family friend of one of his victims, I urge you to write letters to Judge Proffitt. Encourage her to reject the plea and require time to be served.
Thank you.
June 28, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Thanks for sharing this Bonnie!
June 29, 2008 at 11:23 am
This man ’sicko’ needs to serve time for what he did to those children! He should not get off with only probation and registering as a sex offender.. This is sickening and disgusting and I hope and pray those children get justice and are able to get the mental help they need. The father also should get time for not turning his son in. I understand and know the love for our children but when they do wrong we MUST show them the right way regardless of what their consequences will be.
June 29, 2008 at 1:11 pm
The dad should knew and didn’t tell the friends. That is a moral crime of the utmost but not illegal. However telling his son, Aaron “not to tell about the others” now THAT is illegal and charges should be brought up against him.
June 29, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Well, Stephanie Smith, deputy prosecutor, who thinks she has all the power “Claims” that the Statue of Limitations for what Bob did (covering up his sons crimes and forbidding him to disclose all the victims) is only one year.
Anybody know if that is really true, or another lie?
June 30, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I very seriously doubt that is true but I don’t know that for sure!
I hope it isn’t.. Dad needs to pay for not telling. Who knows he could have saved some kids some painful and unnecessary memories.
June 30, 2008 at 2:18 pm
I agree with everybody. I will definately be writing that judge. And if I ever see this fool in public, I PERSONALLY am going to kick his ass. I hope I’m with a few friends so we can jump him. His dad needs a MAJOR ass kickin. One word for this family:TRASHY. We need to protect our kids. If it were my son, what was LEFT of him when I was done with him would be in jail.
July 1, 2008 at 4:28 am
thanks for sharing
July 1, 2008 at 5:28 am
Am I getting this right? A prosecutor in Tipton knew about this for over a year and didn’t do anything about it? Why hasn’t he been disciplined?
The dad knew and told the son not to tell about the others? Why no charges against the dad too?
Someone who has confessed to molesting children may get no time because his family had the money to hire some expensive lawyers?
The prosecutor in Hamilton County has agreed to this plea bargain? Isn’t she supposed to be FOR the victims?
How can this be?
July 1, 2008 at 7:03 am
You tell me……….how can it be? As a mother of one of his MANY victims I cannot begin to tell you how betrayed we feel. Not only by his parents who knew he had a problem years before we were allowed to find out and sat quietly by and did nothing, but also by the first prosecutor that waited 357 days to recuse himself because he all the sudden realized there was a “perceived conflict of interest” since Aaron’s dad is the County Coroner and his uncle is the President of the County Council and the family had contributed financially to his political campaign. To add futher insult to injury the dad, Bob Nichols, takes pictures for the local paper and shows up to events and photographs victims of Aaron sometimes and the parents sit by helplessly and can do nothing. The editor of the Tipton Tribune, Jackie Henry, defends Bob to the parents saying he has done nothing wrong and you cannot blame the parents for the child’s sins. When we try to post about this on the only local forum through the Kokomo Tribune, the threads always get deleted. We’ve been heartbroken and waiting for justice for over 2 1/2 yrs. Anybody that can help, please do.
July 23, 2008 at 10:29 am
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dcnkqr7m_3ft3dggfm
UPDATED INFO at this link. Also plans for a peaceful protest and address where letters concerning this case can be sent.
August 22, 2008 at 2:38 pm
They won. The kids lost. He is free. I am so sad.
August 22, 2008 at 6:29 pm
I have a very dear friend who has some family members that were victims of his. The pain that poor family and the rest of the families that have had to go trough is intolerable. I think that people need to contact all the big new stations in Indianapolis and demand that they get involved with their own special investigations. His easy sentencing is not going to keep him from doing it again. I attended Marian College with him, he’s always sort of creeped me out and and eventually I learned why. This issue needs to kept alive. People can’t give up.
August 24, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Is he STILL there??? (Marian College)
September 2, 2008 at 9:57 am
yes, he’s still at marian
October 1, 2008 at 7:09 am
This is so sad, I read that his excuse was that he had been molested as a child.. Give me a break those kids won’t get the same treatment if they use this excuse as adults, I was molested as a child.. They would probley get time just like he should have..
October 1, 2008 at 10:06 am
I just wanted to say I am soooo crying right now that I have read this I have 2 children young. my heart & prayers go out to all the families this monster has done this to. God Bless you all. I have been dealing with a similar case someone in my family has also been molested and it is now going to trial (happened 5 yrs ago) the only good thing about this was he videotaped himself doing it. I hope that the “LAW” bring under stiffer penalties (even the death penaly) for hurting children. Every 2.2 seconds a child is either physically or sexually abused in this country, something to stop & think about. A pedophile is a pedophile plain & simple this is not something that will change. We as parents need to do something about it, make people aware, protect your children, know who they are with DON”T trust anyone you don’t know. Your neighbor, mailman, teachers, ministry, relatives these people can all be pedophiles. Teach children what inappropriate touch is and tell them to TELL if it has happened. I pray to GOD that Aaron & every other PEDOPHILE out there is severely punished for children’s sake.
Sickened by all this~
October 1, 2008 at 11:24 am
That is just wrong. Goes to show you that money is more important to these people than morals. I’m disgusted all over again.
October 2, 2008 at 7:33 am
lisen up everyone the prosecutor… Jay Rich is no good he has covered up alot more than you think.. Ask aboubt, The
Murders of a few in Tipton In. Tabbitha, Shane J. there are more these are the ones I have knowledge of.. Ask him he won’t answer, Shane was rulled accidental overdose.. Ask him how.. As a rule I don’t like to listen to rumors but there is fact in the cases mentioned.. Now a Child molester, his Family is well known in this town.. Give me a break turn a blind eye won’t you.. Glo
October 7, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Although it feels like nobody even cares, just wanted to let people know that Aaron only received probation for being a serial child molester and is free. He attends Marian College in Indianapolis, Indiana. Protect your children, the law isn’t going to do it for you.