Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Lawyer for Michael Gardner said it could take months to have an appeals hearing.
Falls Church resident Michael Gardner, who was convicted of molesting two girls at his daughter’s sleepover in 2011, is appealing his 22-year prison sentence. Robin Gardner, Michael’s wife, said they knew immediately after the trial they would be appealing the conviction. She said Gardner receives letters from family and friends and can have visitors twice a week for 20 minutes each. “He’s doing as well as to be expected,” she said of her husband in a telephone interview Tuesday. “He has a lot of support from family and friends.” Gardner’s legal team, headed by Fairfax City-based attorney Peter Greenspun, filed the appeal on Jan. 2. Gardner was found guilty in May after he was accused of touching two girls in a sexual manner during a …
Friday, September 7, 2012
The convicted child molester was sentenced Friday for sexually assaulting girls who spent the night at his daughter's sleepover.
Falls Church resident Michael Gardner, convicted in May of molesting two girls during his daughter’s sleepover birthday party last year, was sentenced Friday morning to 22 years in prison. The girls who attended the party, held in June 2011, were ages 9 and 10. Judge Benjamin Kendrick gave Gardner, husband of former Falls Church mayor Robin Gardner, all of the 22 years a jury recommended earlier this year. Gardner and his wife, who were surrounded by family and supporters in a packed courtroom, appeared stoic when they heard the sentence. Before Kendrick, who spent most of the three-hour sentencing hearing squinting with his fingers resting on his temples, announced his decision, Gardner read a statement maintaining his innocence. "I have …
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Gardner was convicted in May of molesting two young girls last year.
Michael Gardner, who was convicted in May of molesting two girls during his daughter’s sleepover party last year, will be formally sentenced in Arlington County Circuit Court Friday morning. A jury recommended that Gardner be sentenced to 22 years for two counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of object sexual penetration. Gardner stood trial and was convicted of touching two girls in a sexual manner during a birthday sleepover for his daughter. They were 9 and 10 at the time. A third alleged victim, who was 10 years old at the time, accused Gardner of touching her in a sexual manner in a sleepover days before the birthday party, but Judge Benjamin Kendrick ruled a mistrial on the count after a jury could not reach a decision …
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Commonwealth, defense present three hours of closing arguments Tuesday.
Attorneys in the sex abuse trial of Falls Church political and civic activist Michael Gardner gave long, emotional closing arguments Tuesday in Arlington County Circuit Court. Gardner, 48, is accused of molesting three young girls last summer — one, his daughter's best friend who was sleeping over one night in June; the other two, the next night during a birthday slumber party. During the short recesses Tuesday, Gardner spoke and sat briefly with his wife, Robin, and family and friends. Robin Gardner is a former mayor of Falls Church and a sitting councilwoman. He has formally been charged with three counts of aggravated sexual battery against a minor under 13 years old, each of which carries a prison sentence ranging from one to 20 years…
Johnny Peace
3:00 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
In Arlington....."based on what I know of the evidence.....I would likely not have found this man guilty".... what is your point? You don't know all the evidence and of course you would find him not guilty. more ›