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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014 10-08 Jacoby Kindred sentenced to 12 years in prison MAPLEWOOD REVIEW Jacoby Kindred sentenced to 12 pears in prison Y Maplewood self-proclaimed pastor found guilty of sexual abuse OCT - 82014 Tim Faklis Review staff 4,� Back in December 2013, when Jacoby Kindred was , first charged with sexual abuse of two young girls, he vehemently denied the charges. T In a phone interview, T i 4 Kindred said. "This is Jacoby Kindred wrong.Just because they filed criminal charges, appeals. During an inter- doesn't mean a man is view, he contended there guilty." were "no corroboration But after listening to of the claims, no witness, trial testimony,jury mem- no DNA and no medi- bers deliberated for just cal evidence of any sex- over six hours and found ual contact." He claimed Kindred guilty of raping prosecutors "failed to the two girls, who were introduce sufficient evi- members of his extended dence of a 'significant family. relationship'between Mr. He was convicted of Kindred and victims." two counts of first-degree Bryant-Wolf said, "He criminal sexual conduct, is not related by blood and last week was given or marriage, and he did consecutive sentences of not intermittently reside 144 months for each. with victims. (I'm) confi- Kindred's lawyer, Gary dent court of appeals will Bryant-Wolf, said he reverse both convictions." expects the verdict to be overturned in a court of see Kindred on page 9 Kindred plans appeal... continued from page 1 OCT - 8 2014 Kindred, 61, was found her that the devil was He reportedly ;told guilty of repeatedly raping inside her, and he could investigators that the the two girls,who are now remove the demons. girls' mother made up 16 and 17,at homes where According to the com- the allegations because he lived in Maplewood and plaint, he told authori- her new boyfriend didn't St. Paul and in a St. Paul ties that he is a pastor at like him. store's parking lot, accord- a Christian church called He eventually cut off ing to Ramsey County Dis- One Accord Ministries, the police interview, say- trict Court documents. which doesn't have a ing "And I'm gone. Get T h e abuse w a s building. On his Facebook your warrants, do what reported when a relative page,which has since been you gotta do, no DNA, found a letter one of the removed, he was repeat- none of that," according girls wrote that refer- edly referred to as"Preach- to the complaint. "You enced sexual acts involv- erMan Kindred." weren't there, nobody ing Kindred. According to the com- was there!" One of the girls told plaint, the abuse began You can reach Tim Fak- investigators that Kin- when the girls were lis at 651-748-7814, at dred would justify his about 6 and escalated tfaklis @lillienews.com, or sexual abuse by telling over the years. on Twitter @tfaklisnews.