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Parent speaks on sentencing of Fall River man for crimes against children<\/em><\/strong> at daycare<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n FALL RIVER:<\/strong> A mom whose daughter was a victim of a former Fall River childcare worker feels validated that her and the parents of the other victims has been heard even though the sentence handed down is light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mom, whose identity is protected due to a publication ban on the case to protect the children involved, spoke to The Laker News after the sentencing was handed down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n John Huey Stanley Shaw, 58, was sentenced to seven years and three months of federal prison time last week for the crimes he committed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The incidents took place March 2016 to April 2020 at the unlicensed, at-home daycare, which was on Lockview Road. It was operated by Shaw\u2019s former partner Lori Balzan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The children involved were aged six, eight, and 11 when Shaw abused them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”169″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The parent said for the crimes committed on their children it doesn\u2019t seem like long enough, yet they know within the justice system, offenders often get \u201ca slap on the wrist\u201d or an absurd sentence of something foolish like two years probation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTo hear justice Keith validate us, validate our girls, and take the multiple aggravating factors in to account, I\u2019m very pleased with this sentence,\u201d said the parent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The parent said this has been the hardest thing she\u2019s ever gone through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe doubts, the questions and the confusion which lasted almost four years while dealing with our justice system, has been difficult to manage and endure,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe parents of these girls had one objective. Don\u2019t quit; keep strong and persevere because our girls deserve justice for what this monster has put them through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis abuse will stay with them indefinitely and we knew we couldn\u2019t give up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”6″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”192″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The story started to unfold in Feb. 2020, right before the pandemic hit Nova Scotia. That led to multiple delays due to covid and resulted in the trial not starting until March 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat is a terribly long time to have his situation looming over our children,\u201d said the parent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOnce the guilty verdict dropped in May, sentencing was then scheduled for Dec 2023. Almost four years later for us to get justice and see him taken away to prison.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the trail, Judge Keith found Shaw guilty on two counts each of sexual assault and sexual interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shaw had his trial in March, where he faced seven charges involving three children. He had been charged by police with three counts each of sexual assault and sexual interference; and one count of invitation to sexual touching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He was found not guilty of the third sexual assault charge, but guilty of the included offence of assault. Shaw was acquitted on the other sexual interference charge and invitation charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shaw was sentenced to four-and-a-half years for the offences against the six-year-old; two-and-a-half years for the offences he committed against the 11-year-old; and three months for the assault on the eight-year-old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Upon being released, Shaw will be subject to an order banning him from public parks or seeking employment where he might have a position of authority over children under the age of 16 and having contact with children under the age of 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He was also ordered to register under the Sexual Offender Information Registration Act and must submit a DNA sample for forensic analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”148″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”71″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The parent said the biggest lesson and takeaway from the whole ordeal is to teach and prove to our kids that if someone or something is making you feel uncomfortable to speak up and let us help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA comment, a touch, a situation, anything, do not remain quiet. Tell someone you trust and let them help take over and navigate it,\u201d the parent said. \u201cOur children and innocent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c I taught my daughter to speak up when someone is making you uncomfortable. She did. We acted. And now this pedophile is out of Fall River and can\u2019t victimize and abuse anymore of our kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPlease. If your children attended this daycare when he was there, please talk to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”92″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”126″] [adrotate banner=”206″] Parent speaks on sentencing of Fall River man for crimes against children at daycare FALL RIVER: A mom whose daughter was a victim of a former Fall River childcare worker feels validated that her and the parents of the other victims has been heard even though the sentence handed down is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[2,50,5872,48,1759],"class_list":["post-41446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-fall-river","tag-halifax","tag-john-huey-stanley-shaw","tag-n-s","tag-sexual-assault"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}