Comments on: Accused Molester Dossey Pleads To Lesser Count – May 19, 2010

By: Chad W.

Chad W. — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:53:27 +0000

Follow up on my last post, if you wiki “age of consent” you can see that in Utah it would be legal for someone age 16 to have relations with someone 26(up to ten years older). So in this case if he lived in UTAH he would have just missed the cutoff 15 verses 26. Also I wanted to add in some of the other states if you are actually married it makes a difference. Just pointing this out to people because we think we live on the West coast we rule the law, actually there is a broader world out there. Yeomen has no law for this. Prostitution is legal in Neveda and not in California. Maybe if it was legal(between adults) he wouldn’t of had to go do this??? Ya think! The prosecution was not unreasonable to cut the deal with him.

By: Chad W.

Chad W. — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:37:01 +0000

Basically, the Commission on Credientials will easily pull his DOJ file off a database. Expunging doesn’t matter if it’s a “state/gov” job that requires licensing. Expunging only works with the private sector. They will deny him. But actually lets get real this guy is 26 and she is like 15…If he lived in certain other states, in the south and east coast USA the age of consent is 16-18 depending on state(16 Canada) with various stipulations as to age differences, with the parents permission, go ahead and wiki it. If this guy is smart he just made a mistake, most likely he will never do it again. Yeah, maybe in other states or other countries he could get credientialed. His best bet is to stay out of trouble and pick a different career path.

By: Dave Kitt

Dave Kitt — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:52:37 +0000

One more reason why I am supporting Allison Jackson.

By: kevpod

kevpod — Thu, 20 May 2010 22:00:57 +0000

Further, Dossey was/is an HSU student majoring in Liberal Studies Extended Education at HSU. http://www.humboldt.edu/lsee/

From the website: “A Liberal Studies/Elementary Education (LSEE) degree from Humboldt State University prepares graduates to enter a fifth-year teaching credential program to earn a Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential.”

Between that and the coaching experience at Arcata High, it looks as though he was headed for a teaching position. And with his record one day expunged, may still be. This is what the police chief is concerned about and what I sought to get clarification on.

Kelly, you say that he can’t be credentialed in California under the plea deal. What about elsewhere?

By: kevpod

kevpod — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:37:31 +0000

I must disagree. The story does reflect our conversation.

Further, the DA’s Office frequently sends out press releases on cases in which a plea agreement has been reached where the defendant has not yet been sentenced. I’d like to know why it didn’t in this case. Perhaps you or someone at the DA’s Office can supply an answer to that.

Yes, Dossey was an HSU student, which is irrelevant to this story. He was also a basketball coach at a high school. He came into the same contact with students that a teacher does.

From my notes, quoting you: “He pled guilty to a felony that will prevent him from ever obtaining a teaching credential.”

But, and please correct me if I’m wrong, once his record is expunged per the plea agreement you reached, being denied a teaching credential depends on him voluntarily and truthfully answering a questionnaire about his record. Is that not so?

By: Kelly Neel

Kelly Neel — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:23:57 +0000

To clarify, I advised Mr. Hoover that I encouraged him to attend the sentencing hearing and that I do not commonly comment on cases until they are concluded. Mr. Dossey was not a teacher, he was in fact still a student at HSU. It is unfortunate that Mr. Hoover chose the words he chose as they are not an accurate reflection of our conversation. Nor do they accurately depict the defendant’s ‘postition’ as he was not a teacher and never was a teacher. With his plea of guilty to this felony he cannot be credentialed in the state of California as a teacher; regardless of whether the felony is a wobbler or not. Lesson learned, Mr. Hoover, Lesson learned.