Child advocates call for boycott of MsDonalds

NATION WIDE BOYCOTT OF MCDONALDS > SEE MAP AT URL below of each state.

Go to url below and you can send McDonald's an email .. for date and time put the current and it will go through. Please state we are Boycotting them.

http://channel5web1.atiba.com/content/investigates/19060.asp

Most states do not reveal employers of individuals on their sex offender registries. Each on the map below represents possible sex offenders working at McDonald's, identified based on sex offender registries, court documents and news reports.

Alaska: Alaska's sex offender registry has listed some 14 individuals identified as being McDonald's employees. Two of those 14 are repeat sex offenders, and the charges in at least 8 of those cases involve crimes against minors, including sexual assaults and sexual abuse.

The registry has listed sex offenders as working in the following cities and towns: Anchorage, Fairbanks, Sitka, Kenai, and Palmer.

Alaska is one of the few states that collects and publishes employment information of sex offenders. The registry can be searched at:

http://www.dps.state.ak.us/nsorcr/asp/search.asp>

New York: In August 1999, Oneonta, NY police chief John Donadio issued a public warning about a "high-risk convicted sex offender."

The chief told the Daily Star newspaper that the offender had "left a job working at McDonald's Restaurant in Southside Oneonta" and warned the public that his whereabouts were unknown.

Chief Donadio told the paper, "Right now I have no idea where he's living…I'm nervous about him hanging around."

New York's sex offender registry lists some employer address information. It can be found at:

http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/nsor/search_index.htm>

Connecticut: A May 2005 newspaper story in the Bridgeport Connecticut Post references a former seminary student who was convicted of molesting a 16-year-old girl at her home.

The story states that the sex offender "has been working at the McDonald's restaurant in Monroe since he was found guilty by a jury of fourth-degree sexual assault."

A judge sentenced the man to 90 days in prison and ordered him to have no unsupervised contact with children, according to the report.

Connecticut does not post employers' names or addresses on its sex offender registry. It can be found at:

http://www.ct.gov/dps/cwp/view.asp?a=2157&Q=294474&dpsNav>

New Jersey: McDonald's manager Joshua Fontanez-Diaz pleaded guilty in 2003 to molesting two teenage boys who worked for him.

After serving his time, Fontanez-Diaz returned to work at another area McDonald's and was promoted.

In sentencing Fontanez-Diaz, the judge wrote:

The court was left with the impression that defendant has never understood the seriousness of his conduct. His position as a supervisor of teenagers working at low wages in a summer job places a responsibility on the defendant to avoid unwelcome sexual conduct.

Also, a March 2006 article by Gannett New Jersey newspaper references a child molester who "sometimes works at a local McDonald's, but hadn't recently."

The description of the unidentified offender appears to match a man on the New Jersey sex offender registry. The registered sex offender was convicted of aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child in 1987. According to the registry, the victim was a male under the age of 13 - and the offender "used force to pull victim into building."

New Jersey does not post employer's names or addresses on its registry. It can be found at:

http://www.nj.gov/njsp/info/reg_sexoffend.html>

Delaware: Twice-convicted child molester Oliver H. Marsh was recently re-arrested on new sex charges. Police say he was picked up at the Elsmere McDonald's where he worked.

According to the state's sex offender registry, Marsh was convicted of 4 counts of 2nd degree unlawful sexual contact with a minor in 1995, and was convicted of another count of unlawful sexual contact in 2003.

Although Marsh's third arrest on sex offenses occurred at McDonald's, his offenses are alleged to have occurred at his home.

The state's sex offender registry lists eight other McDonald's employees, including 2 high-risk offenders. It can be found at:

http://www.state.de.us/dsp/sexoff/sor_search.htm>

Maryland: The state's sex offender registry does not publish employer information for its sex offenders convicted of crimes in Maryland, however it does list some employers for non-resident sex offenders who move to Maryland after being convicted in other states.

One such person who was convicted on charges of 'enticing a child' in another state, lists his employer as McDonald's Restaurant in Colmar Manor, MD.

Maryland's registry can be found at:

http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/onlineservs/sor/>

The non-resident sex offender listing can be found at:

http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/onlineservs/>

North Carolina: A July 1998 article in the Raleigh News & Observer raised questions about how convicted sex offender Scotty Ray Moss got re-hired at McDonald's after molesting a young male co-worker:

Two years ago, Moss molested a teenager while they were working at the McDonald's restaurant in Cameron Village…. In September 1996, Moss pleaded guilty to taking indecent liberties with a child.
Moss was ordered into a sex-offenders' program…, ordered not to be in the presence of children unless accompanied by a responsible adult and placed on five years' probation. Last week, the youth who had been molested went to another Raleigh McDonald's and saw Moss, now 21, again working with teenagers.

North Carolina does not report employers' names or addresses on its sex offender registry. It can be found at:

http://sbi.jus.state.nc.us/DOJHAHT/SOR/Default.htm
Indiana: In 2003, convicted sex offender Andrew Lee Morris pleaded guilty to assaulting and threatening to kill a 16-year-old female co-worker at an Evansville McDonald's.
(Read the allegations in the lawsuit).

Morris, who has a lengthy criminal record, was on the state's sex offender registry for a 1978 conviction of criminal deviant conduct when he was hired.

After serving his time for assaulting his co-worker, a newspaper report indicates that Morris was rehired at another area McDonald's.

A review of the state's sex offender registry found some 13 other McDonald's employees, convicted of charges such as rape, child molesting, sexual misconduct with a minor and criminal deviate conduct.

The registry can be found at:
http://www.insor.org/insasoweb/>

Tennessee: Nicholas Aloyo, who was convicted in 2001 of soliciting sex from a minor, had worked at a McDonald's in Franklin prior to his recent re-arrest for possessing child pornography.

Probation officers had rated Aloyo as a high-risk to reoffend, and a judge had released him on probation on condition that he not accept any employment in contact with children.

The franchisee that employed Aloyo released the following statement:

"We take matters concerning the safety and security of our customers and employees extremely seriously. I would never knowingly hire registered sex offenders in my restaurants.

The individual in question no longer works for my organization. The hiring of this individual was against my company policy and corrective action was taken to ensure that my hiring policies are adhered to.

Beyond that, it would be inappropriate to discuss the specific personnel details of this individual."

James Daughtry
McDonald's Owner/Operator

Tennessee does not report employers' names or addresses on its sex offender registry. It can be found at:

http://www.ticic.state.tn.us/SEX_ofndr/search_short.asp>

Florida: In 1999, convicted sex offender James Campbell hired at a McDonald's in Stuart and later accused of sexual assault by a female co-worker. The woman filed a lawsuit against the McDonald's franchisee, which was settled.

Florida does not post employers' names or addresses on its sex offender registry. It can be found at:

http://www3.fdle.state.fl.us/sopu/>

Louisiana: Louisiana's sex offender registry lists some 16 people who are identified as McDonald's employees throughout the state.

Their convictions include charges like forcible rape, felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile and crimes against nature. Most of those convicted involve crimes against minors.

The Louisiana sex offender registry is among the few states that collect and publish employer information of sex offenders. It can be found at:

http://lasocpr1.lsp.org/Disclaimer.aspx>

Texas: In 2001, sex offender Jason Paul Drake was convicted for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old co-worker at a McDonald's in San Antonio.
(Read the court, police reports).

Drake, who was working as a manager at the McDonald's, had been convicted in 1996 of a sex offense as a juvenile and was listed on the Texas sex offender registry.

The victim's parents filed a lawsuit against the owner of the McDonald's franchise, saying the manager should have conducted a background check. A civil jury found in 2003 that the, while the girl was raped, the owner wasn't responsible for investigating the criminal background.

Texas does not report employers' names or address on its sex offender registry. It can be found at:

https://records.txdps.state.tx.us/soSearch/default.cfm

New Mexico: Officials at New Mexico's sex offender registry say they list employer information for sex offenders only if they feel the job is likely to bring them into contact with children.

NewsChannel 5 found at least two McDonald's employees registered with the state.

One of them was convicted of "criminal attempt to commit sexual assault on a child" and the other was convicted of criminal sexual penetration.

The registry can be found at:

http://www.nmsexoffender.dps.state.nm.us/>

Colorado: A July 1992 article in Denver's Rocky Mountain News begins:

Martin Vasquez knew he would get in trouble again when he watched the children go in and out of the restaurant where he worked.
He was right.

On Nov. 20, 1989, Vasquez followed a 3-year-old boy into a restroom and sexually molested him.

Vasquez was sentenced to 16 years in prison. According to news reports at the time, the developmentally disabled man had been convicted in 1988 for fondling a 4-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl. He was sentenced to two years in jail, but placed in a group home.

The Rocky Mountain News explains the history this way:

With the help of a Colorado state rehabilitation counselor…., Vasquez found a job with the McJobs program of McDonald's Corp. The program, designed to employ the handicapped, seemed ideal for Vasquez except for one thing: It put him in daily contact with children.

"This was an invitation to disaster for him," said Michael Linge, the attorney assigned to defend Vasquez on his second offense.

At the urging of his counselor, Vasquez falsely claimed on his McDonald's job application that he did not have a criminal record.

The boy's parents sued McDonald's.

According to the Denver Post, McDonald's attorney argued that social services had agreed to provide prescreening and job-ready applicants for the chain. Furthermore, he added that the boy "still likes a happy meal," the Post reported.

But the family's attorney insisted that Vasquez had been rejected by other employers who had studied his background.

In 1991, a jury returned a $210,000 civil verdict against McDonald's.

The Denver Post summarized the case this way:

The main lesson here seems to be that background checks should be done routinely and thoroughly for all prospective employees, no matter how exemplary they appear - and that employers who ignore this dictum do so at their peril.

Colorado does not post employers' names or addresses on its sex offender registry. It can be found at:

http://sor.state.co.us/>.

http://www.newschannel5.com/content/investigates/sexoffenders/sex_offender_map.html>

THE O'REILLY FACTOR
Shocking Investigation Reveals McDonald's Employs Child Sex Offenders
Friday, May 05, 2006

May 09, 2006•Shocking Investigation Reveals McDonald's Employs Child Sex Offenders

This is a partial transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor," May 4, 2006, that has been edited for clarity.

BILL O'REILLY, HOST: In the "Personal Story" segment, millions of Americans take their children to McDonald's. There are often playgrounds at those restaurants, as you may know. And now there are charges that the McDonald's company does not screen its employees for criminal sexual offenses.

A report by Phil Williams, who works for a CBS affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee, uncovered evidence there are dozens of child sex offenders working at McDonald's around the country.

Now the company would not appear this evening and sent a statement saying they have strict hiring standards. Joining us now from Nashville is Phil Williams. The headline of your report is what?

PHIL WILLIAMS, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER: The headline of our report is that we found dozens of convicted sex offenders, many of them offenders with offenses against children, who are working at McDonald restaurants around the country.

I mean, this really began with one local case here in Nashville. We had a convicted sex offender who had been radioed a high risk. He was someone who actually had a long history of sexual misconduct with children, some as young as 10.

He had been ordered not to accept any employment around children, and then he was hired by a local McDonald's, even though he was listed on Tennessee's sex offender registry. His face, his name was up there for everyone to see.

So that caused us to start questioning, what are the policies? And as we started looking at state sex offender registries around the country, we found about five dozen offenders who were listed on about four or five states, because most states don't list the names of the employees.

O'REILLY: OK. Now, is it — could you do this to any company? Could you do it to Wal-Mart or any company and come up with the same amount, do you think? Is it just guys not being checked out by the managers of the stores?

WILLIAMS: We could have done it, and you find lots of different companies who are listed. We looked at McDonald's because part of McDonald's marketing strategy is to convince its customers that it's a safe, fun environment.

O'REILLY: No, I understand that. It's a kid-friendly environment, come here, and this and that.

WILLIAMS: Right.

O'REILLY: But what I'm trying to get at is this — is it a flaw in the McDonald's company that they don't check backgrounds? Or is this an American problem?

WILLIAMS: Well, McDonald's Corporation specifically does not require its franchisees to do any sort of background checks.

O'REILLY: Is that right?

WILLIAMS: They have no prohibition against hiring of sex offenders, including child molesters, in their restaurants. The company at its corporate restaurant says it does not "knowingly" hire sex offenders, but it does not guarantee that it will do background checks even at its corporate-owned restaurants.

O'REILLY: All right. This is what — I've got a statement — Bill Whitman — because I want to be fair to McDonald's, obviously. Bill Whitman, corporate, says, "We do not hire people with felony convictions. If we find out they are felons, they are fired. We are encouraging the same policies with our franchisees."

So, I mean, there's some stores that are owned outright by McDonald's, and there's some that they franchise out to other people.

But you say there is no requirement to check criminal background histories for any McDonald's employee, is that what you're saying?

WILLIAMS: That's right. In fact, we found one incredible case in the New Jersey area.

You had a McDonald's manager, an assistant manager, who molested several boys who worked in his restaurant. The police began an investigation, and he was working for a corporate-owned McDonald's restaurant.

He was fired once the police began investigating this molestation. Six days later, he was hired and began working at a franchise restaurant less than 10 miles away.

O'REILLY: Oh.

WILLIAMS: He was prosecuted, he was convicted, and at his sentencing he had a letter of recommendation from the franchise owner. He went to jail for 90 days.

O'REILLY: What part of New Jersey is that?

WILLIAMS: This is in Hillsborough, New Jersey.

O'REILLY: OK.

WILLIAMS: He went to jail for 90 days, got out, and went to corporate headquarters, to their McDonald's University — Hamburger University, to be...

O'REILLY: So even after he went to jail for this child molestation, he got out and they accepted him at McDonald's University?

WILLIAMS: That's right, to become a full-fledged manager of a McDonald's franchise restaurant.

O'REILLY: All right. So, I think the way it stands now — and again, we want to be fair — the way it stands now, there's chaos within the hiring structure of McDonald's. That chaos is leading the company to accept employment applications from child predators.

Would that be fair to say?

WILLIAMS: There are child molesters and sex offenders in the restaurants today.

O'REILLY: All right, Mr. Williams. Thanks very much.

And McDonald's is welcome to appear here to rebut any time it wants.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195479,00.html