Scott Haselman, Fulton County prosecuting attorney, received the final BCI&I report.Ĭharges were filed against five youths in juvenile court, April 13. The AG office referred the matter to its Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, Crimes Against Children Unit. School officials turned the case over to Archbold police, who passed it on to the Ohio Attorney General Office. The sexting case came to light in November 2014, when school officials confirmed a report that students were sharing nude photos of themselves via text messages. 6, 2016, then is to enroll in intensive probation with counseling.īumb suspended Rufenacht’s driver license for two years. Rufenacht will remain on community control until Nov.
Rufenacht will be able to finish his senior year and graduate with his class. 3, 2016.īumb noted the second semester at AHS starts Jan. If Rufenacht follows rules and recommendations while in detention, he will be released Jan. He then sentenced Rufenacht to 90 days at the Stryker juvenile center, plus an additional 87 days that were suspended from a previous juvenile court case, for a total of 177 days.īumb then suspended 81 days.
Michael Bumb, Fulton County Juvenile Court judge, said during Rufenacht’s disposition hearing, the equivalent to a sentencing hearing in adult court, that he had been “thinking and thinking and thinking” about how to sentence Rufenacht, adding, “I woke up at 6 o’clock this morning, knowing I had this case.”īumb said an officer of the Fulton County Juvenile Probation Department recommended a 10-month stay at a detention center in Bowling Green in a program for sexual offenders.īut he said a senior judge in another county cautioned that with juvenile offenders, a judge should error on the side of leniency.īumb sentenced Rufenacht to a minimum term of six months with the Ohio Department of Youth Services, then suspended the sentence on conditions.
Lukas Rufenacht, a 17- year-old AHS student who was one of five charged in an Archbold sexting scandal, was sentenced to the Northwest Ohio Juvenile Detention, Training, and Rehabilitation Center, Stryker, Wednesday, Sept.
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