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  • #21
    Can anyone find the post's from a couple years ago (tops) where he actually came on and defended himself after a few comments were made about him. I can't seem to find it......

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    • #22
      Goodmorning

      They always use a good offense as the best defense. Sadly it usually works, at least for awhile, and for that "while" more damage is done.

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      • #23
        I do know of him...and I know some of the girls he has dated over the yrs...its amazing how young girls always think their trainers are gods...and we as parents sometimes put too much trust in people who are around our children. Should make us all stop and think a bit I guess

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        • #24
          I've known 'about' him for a while....it's a small community....and disgusting.

          It's really quite a shame how blindly people look up to trainer's at times. But, what gets me is that he was kicked out of another barn (I guess he cried 'barn politics') for 'suspicious' behavior, it was pretty much common knowledge among the horse community in MA/RI, and mother's CONTINUED to send their children off with him. Although I'm not a Mom, there's no way I would ever send my little girl's off with someone accused of sexual harrassment/rape. It's just not something you even chance. I'd rather just send my horse 20min down the road and endorse that already-convicted criminal.

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          • #25
            I love the internet, info on hard drives(no pun intended, REDLINE), Dateline, DNA tests and all the things that only catch these guys. It's too bad it won't stop them. Haven't seen too many women crossing these lines in the sand. Guess if you have a kid, statistically the only safe way to go is with a female trainer.

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            • #26
              question: is there a USEF rule banning child predators from membship for life?
              Nothing says "I love you" like a tractor. (Clydejumper)

              The reports states, “Elizabeth reported that she accidently put down this pony, ........, at the show.”

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              • #27
                It's true; the majority of the MA/RI community has known about him for awhile...

                As for the earlier posts, he posted under the name JakeJumper. I assume that he requested the posts to be deleted because if you go to his profile, you see that he made two posts, neither of which you can read.
                Liz

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                • #28
                  Do you think they could have been lost in the move to the new board?

                  And SGray - I really hope there is a rule, considering such a large part of the sport is dedicated to the developement of our young rider's. Not to mention horse barn's and shows are swimming with kid's and it's just plain disgusting.
                  Last edited by goodmorning; Mar. 29, 2007, 02:39 PM.

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                  • #29
                    yea i dont think i could picture dropping off a child with a guy that looks like that.

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                    • #30
                      Originally posted by barnbabe718 View Post
                      It's true; the majority of the MA/RI community has known about him for awhile...

                      As for the earlier posts, he posted under the name JakeJumper. I assume that he requested the posts to be deleted because if you go to his profile, you see that he made two posts, neither of which you can read.
                      I guess I cannot comprehend HOW this trainer stayed in business teaching children if the community has known about him for awhile as you say. The Horse world is a very small place and I just don't get it, are parents really this oblivious or do they just send little Suzy or Johnny off with a warning" It's Ok to ride with him so you can get blue ribbons, but don't let yourself get caught alone with him in the tack room" The more I hear about the pedifiles, the horsekillers,the greedy double dipping trainers who rip clients for thousands of dollars on sales , the old men luring young students ( of both sexes) into affairs, and all sorts of dubious charactors who still manage to make a living in our sport despite thier well known flaws the more I wanna run. Was all this crap really going on in the 60's, was I just to young to notice?Was the honor and integrity I associated with this sport just a youthful fantasy??

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                      • #31
                        The rumors was brushed aside as allegations made by a "jealous ex-girlfriend". Even when people were warned, they blamed the "crazy ex."

                        Given the updates in the media this morning, she doesn't seem so crazy now.
                        It's 2016. Do you know where your old horse is?

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                        • #32
                          Quote from the article: He was only 20 at the time, she was 16. It's not like he was 32 at the time," said attorney Ed Kelly.

                          Oh, dear! Are you kidding?? Children cannot defend themselves....it's still a crime. That's the law.
                          Someone suggested on the "feed your departed horse to the lions/tigers at the zoo" thread that it would be a suitable end for a pedofile...
                          Who rides the tiger cannot dismount

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                          • #33
                            Originally posted by SGray View Post
                            question: is there a USEF rule banning child predators from membship for life?
                            Not explicitly.
                            Janet

                            chief feeder and mucker for Music, Spy, Belle and Tiara. Someone else is now feeding and mucking for Chief and Brain (both foxhunting now).

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                              #34
                              Originally posted by hunterjumpereqrider62 View Post
                              yea i dont think i could picture dropping off a child with a guy that looks like that.
                              I think that is part of the point in talking to children (or anyone for that matter), is that you CANNOT tell if someone is a "good" person or a "bad" person simply by the way they LOOK. There are some convicted mass murderers out there who are "good" looking and some "scary" looking individuals who wouldn't hurt a fly and would bend over backwards to help someone. We need to teach people to take words and actions into account more than looks and most importantly to THINK for themselves. Just my thoughts . . .

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                              • #35
                                OK, the dude's haircut and the fact that he lives with his mother just says it all.

                                Egads!

                                "If you have the time, spend it. If you have a hand, lend it. If you have the money, give it. If you have a heart, share it." by me

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                                • #36
                                  By Michael Levenson and April Simpson, Globe Staff | March 29, 2007

                                  BERKLEY -- With his home-grown business, Silver Falcon Stable, and his dark-brown thoroughbred named Dreamer, Joseph M. Silva became a popular figure in Southeastern Massachusetts. For a decade, he taught horseback riding to anyone who wanted to master the art of show jumping or just learn to handle the reins.
                                  But police say he also used his knowledge and popularity to win the trust of teenage girls and then photographed them naked and molested them. Silva, 32, was arrested yesterday at his home in Swansea and charged with four counts of statutory rape of a child, as well as possession of child pornography and posing a child in the nude.

                                  Police said Silva's victims included a girl whom he allegedly abused in Berkley between June 2002, when she was 13, and October 2004, when she was 16, and a girl under the age of 16, whom he allegedly abused in Swansea in 1996. Police said they had identified two other victims, as well, and believe there are more who have yet to come forward. One girl has identified herself in a cache of explicit images found on Silva's computer, police said.

                                  In a search of just one of Silva's 10 computer hard drives, police found 70,000 images, including 265 images of children from Morse Brook Equestrian Center in North Attleborough, Haskins Farm in Berkley, and Holloway Brook Farm in Lakeville. In 86 images, the children were unclothed, according to prosecutors. It was not clear where the nude photographs were taken and if they included images of children from all three farms.

                                  Silva pleaded not guilty in Fall River District Court yesterday and was held on $100,000 bail and ordered to stay away from his alleged victims.

                                  Silva's lawyer, Edward Kelly, called the charges "completely false allegations."

                                  Within the close-knit equestrian world in Southeastern Massachusetts, there was shock, dismay, and questions about what, if any, signs had been missed.

                                  "I'm just devastated," said Randy Larrivee, who owns a tack shop in Rehoboth and has known Silva for 20 years. "I'm licking my wounds and thinking what did I miss? I'm a family man, and I'm sitting here wondering what I could have done differently."

                                  Larrivee said he was troubled because rumors of sexual activity between Silva and his students had swirled through the equestrian community for years. Then in October 2004, the staff at Haskins Farm, where Silva had worked as an instructor for 2 1/2 years, heard rumors that he engaged in child pornography and rape, said Ann Haskins, the co-owner. Haskins said Silva was immediately fired.

                                  Later, Silva landed a job at Holloway Brook, where the website listed him as the show manager. It was unclear whether the staff there checked Silva's background or references before hiring him.

                                  A lot of riders at Haskins were relieved that Silva had left, but some students followed him to Holloway Brook, said Cheryl Lane-Caron, an instructor at Haskins.

                                  A property manager at Holloway Brook, who was holding the reins of an ebony thoroughbred yesterday, said that at his farm, Silva was known as a polite and courteous trainer.

                                  "He's one of the best in my eyes," said the manager, a Lakeville resident who declined to give his name. "I've never seen anything out of him that compares to any of this. He's been doing this for a long time and has a large following. He trains little kids, and the parents have no problem with him."

                                  Tom Haskins, Ann's husband and co-owner of Haskins Farm, said Silva had been living recently in a trailer at Holloway Brook. Silva ran his own business, Silver Falcon Stable, and worked by contract at Holloway Brook and Haskins, Lane-Caron said.

                                  Attempts to reach Morse Brook yesterday were unsuccessful. Silva is not married, and there was no answer at his home phone yesterday.

                                  Larrivee said the charges against Silva fly in the face of the kindness Larrivee has come to know at horse shows and farms across Southeastern Massachusetts.

                                  "Most people get involved in horses because it's a good, clean, wholesome sport," Larrivee said.
                                  Humans don’t mind duress, in fact they thrive on it. What they mind is not feeling necessary. –Sebastian Junger

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                                  • #37
                                    It's strange...there were people strongly defending him on some local boards....then there are people coming out here who "knew" things and think it's true.
                                    If I even SUSPECTED the guy would be doing such things I would not have him anywhere near my business or students. So which is it? Do people look the other way?
                                    Looks to me like the photo's they found will tell the story....how can he be defended now? The ex-girlfriend may have saved a lot of future kids from this pig....but she was being looked as as just wanting revenge. hmmmmm
                                    Humans don’t mind duress, in fact they thrive on it. What they mind is not feeling necessary. –Sebastian Junger

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                                    • #38
                                      Originally posted by Bogey2 View Post
                                      It's strange...there were people strongly defending him on some local boards....then there are people coming out here who "knew" things and think it's true.
                                      If I even SUSPECTED the guy would be doing such things I would not have him anywhere near my business or students. So which is it? Do people look the other way?
                                      Looks to me like the photo's they found will tell the story....how can he be defended now? The ex-girlfriend may have saved a lot of future kids from this pig....but she was being looked as as just wanting revenge. hmmmmm
                                      Horse people -- such a strange breed. They always crack me up how they defend their criminals.

                                      "If you have the time, spend it. If you have a hand, lend it. If you have the money, give it. If you have a heart, share it." by me

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                                      • #39
                                        Originally posted by BridalBridle View Post
                                        Haven't seen too many women crossing these lines in the sand. Guess if you have a kid, statistically the only safe way to go is with a female trainer.
                                        Not necessarily....maybe your daughter(s) is/are immune in a sexual way with a female trainer. BUT, I would like to posit that there is the possibility of emotional abuse/bullying that can go on....IM'ing your daughter at home, calling her on her cell phone, playing students off of one another, alienating the girls from their parents (espec those that are divorced), manipulation and mind games, taking them on trips to out of state horse shows....kinda creepy if you think about it.

                                        And we allow it because it is a female.

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                                        • #40
                                          Just FYI this is NOT the same Joe Silva associated with MSPCA and GMHA.
                                          That Joe is in his 50s and has been in VT for several years.

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