Mother of 2 from VERY prominent Richmond family arrested by FBI for child p@rn, exploitation, etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's interesting that Hoppe, someone with a background working for lawyers and coming from a family of prominent lawyers, would waive her Miranda rights and make any kind of a statement to the FBI. The statements she made were provably false and it's a crime to make false statements to the FBI. I think this will add additional jail time to a 10 year plus sentence.

This also speaks to a sense of invincibility and a very skewed risk/reward calculator. Perhaps mania. The time as a child advocate was likely titillating to her, gave her ideas re: how to not get caught, and in her mind, gave her a perma cover to perv while pretending she was a hero. Good thing the FBI agents were not insane and did not share her delusions. I'm a bit surprised that she was tried and convicted for the park incident. A lot of times things like that are pled down, the facts had to be lulus.

Do any posters know her from her time as a mom, from school, etc? There have been posters from high school and college but I wonder how she came across to other parents?

This story has really struck me. If you knew her from a kid-centric setting, was there a vibe or red flags before the park incident? With the Dalai Lama vid yesterday, just reminder to be really vigilant @ kids around everyone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I laugh at those of you "shocked" this hasn't made the news. Newsflash: 99.99999999% of child sexual abuse cases don't make the news. Even if they're local. You're shocked because the rich white woman didn't make the news and I just don't understand why.

How many of those 99.9999% of cases are perpetrated by rich, white ladies? (Or even just ladies?) It’s the incredibly unusual circumstances here that would seem to make it newsworthy. The media LOVES to expose the misdeeds of rich, white people.

There has been a story on the Charlottesville CBS website and an article on the RTD website from another source. This has not been mentioned on any local Richmond tv stations at all. It is surprising because the family has strong Richmond connections, there are not many female child predators and generally white female predators DO make the news. Think of all the stories of the white female teachers having sexual relationships with high school students.

Also, no Wash Post, WTOP, etc. These outlets report tons of stories out of Charlottesville.

I do find this unusual.

White mom suburban housewife arrested for child porn and attempted sexual exploitation pretty much screams news headline, and definitely above the local level!

Plus, tons of visuals of her all over the place so it’s a pretty easy story to tell. Go to Warrenton and do your standup in front of the motel.

Not really. Do you know how many terrible things actually happen to children every day, up to and including torture and murder? This is an extremely salacious story but no actual children were harmed. It’s main interest is local. At most you can expect coverage from the yellow press like NY Post and possibly some kind of C list Dateline show.

I think there may be more coverage after the June hearing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Looking at her picture, despite knowing what the charges are in this case, makes alarm bells in my head go off. There is something inherantly 'off' about her based on the photo posted. I can't put my finger on it, she just looks like she has 'issues'. This makes me so sad for children in today's world. I'm sure this isn't her first rodeo with this type of heinous crime. I hope other victims come forward. Monsters don't live in the dark anymore, they are know community members. Sad and sickening!

Eh, she looks like a middle-aged mom who was maybe once a sorority girl. She’s a monster, but nothing about having a sharp-nose, highlights, whatever you see there rings bells for me.

Same, that is the thing, people who do unspeakable things tend to blend in and look like everyone else.

I'm curious what her behavior was like in kid settings and if she fit well there. I've seen posts from HS classmates, people who knew her in college and early in work life/career. She was said to volunteer at their school.

I'm assuming the public sex charges were a shock to parents but any signs before then? I thought that charge precipitated the divorce but it seems that it may have followed it? Can anyone clarify the timeline? Some posts have indicated her contact with her kids after that has been pretty minimal, hopefully they are safe and getting help for anything they need. Just divorce is hard on kids, then the dad remarried, then the sex conviction then this, plus she seems very chaotic. Hopefully she did not harm them.

Re: news coverage, I think the off the charts graphic and horrifying details of this are something most people do not want to know. Wish I had not read the charging documents myself.

[Anonymous]

From her LinkedIn that someone posted, I imagine Big Brothers Big Sisters and other child-focused places she worked must be reviewing her time there— I hope.

Now that Jeff has written about it on his daily blog, maybe one of the news sites that trolls DCUM for ideas will pick it up.

What a sick, evil person.

[Anonymous]

^ want to know, sorry for double negative.

There is salacious then there is THIS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Horrific. She needs to be locked up and throw away the key forever. Why on earth we EVER let these people out of jail I have no idea. They are deviants and won’t “get better” with counseling that is a joke. Why doesn’t anyone protect our kids??!?!?

Because when a few people try to, others tell them to MYOB. See the thread “Question for lawyers/paralegals” There are people who want to help kids, but most people look at what’s in it for them. Becoming friends with the 1% is easier and it raises your own status — that’s just the reality.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking at her picture, despite knowing what the charges are in this case, makes alarm bells in my head go off. There is something inherantly 'off' about her based on the photo posted. I can't put my finger on it, she just looks like she has 'issues'. This makes me so sad for children in today's world. I'm sure this isn't her first rodeo with this type of heinous crime. I hope other victims come forward. Monsters don't live in the dark anymore, they are know community members. Sad and sickening!

Eh, she looks like a middle-aged mom who was maybe once a sorority girl. She’s a monster, but nothing about having a sharp-nose, highlights, whatever you see there rings bells for me.

Same, that is the thing, people who do unspeakable things tend to blend in and look like everyone else.

I'm curious what her behavior was like in kid settings and if she fit well there. I've seen posts from HS classmates, people who knew her in college and early in work life/career. She was said to volunteer at their school.

I'm assuming the public sex charges were a shock to parents but any signs before then? I thought that charge precipitated the divorce but it seems that it may have followed it? Can anyone clarify the timeline? Some posts have indicated her contact with her kids after that has been pretty minimal, hopefully they are safe and getting help for anything they need. Just divorce is hard on kids, then the dad remarried, then the sex conviction then this, plus she seems very chaotic. Hopefully she did not harm them.

Re: news coverage, I think the off the charts graphic and horrifying details of this are something most people do not want to know. Wish I had not read the charging documents myself.

Signs of trouble were there before the sex in public but nothing to suggest what she became. Everything from anti-social behavior, degeneration of personal hygiene, worsening mental state to infidelity were going on but you couldn’t have assumed this outcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking at her picture, despite knowing what the charges are in this case, makes alarm bells in my head go off. There is something inherantly 'off' about her based on the photo posted. I can't put my finger on it, she just looks like she has 'issues'. This makes me so sad for children in today's world. I'm sure this isn't her first rodeo with this type of heinous crime. I hope other victims come forward. Monsters don't live in the dark anymore, they are know community members. Sad and sickening!

Eh, she looks like a middle-aged mom who was maybe once a sorority girl. She’s a monster, but nothing about having a sharp-nose, highlights, whatever you see there rings bells for me.

Same, that is the thing, people who do unspeakable things tend to blend in and look like everyone else.

I'm curious what her behavior was like in kid settings and if she fit well there. I've seen posts from HS classmates, people who knew her in college and early in work life/career. She was said to volunteer at their school.

I'm assuming the public sex charges were a shock to parents but any signs before then? I thought that charge precipitated the divorce but it seems that it may have followed it? Can anyone clarify the timeline? Some posts have indicated her contact with her kids after that has been pretty minimal, hopefully they are safe and getting help for anything they need. Just divorce is hard on kids, then the dad remarried, then the sex conviction then this, plus she seems very chaotic. Hopefully she did not harm them.

Re: news coverage, I think the off the charts graphic and horrifying details of this are something most people do not want to know. Wish I had not read the charging documents myself.

Signs of trouble were there before the sex in public but nothing to suggest what she became. Everything from anti-social behavior, degeneration of personal hygiene, worsening mental state to infidelity were going on but you couldn’t have assumed this outcome.

I think with a mother you would never assume this outcome. That's why this is so disturbing. I taught my kids to find a mother with kids if there wasn't a security guard or employee who could help them. We assume that a mother's biology would prevent them from being like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking at her picture, despite knowing what the charges are in this case, makes alarm bells in my head go off. There is something inherantly 'off' about her based on the photo posted. I can't put my finger on it, she just looks like she has 'issues'. This makes me so sad for children in today's world. I'm sure this isn't her first rodeo with this type of heinous crime. I hope other victims come forward. Monsters don't live in the dark anymore, they are know community members. Sad and sickening!

Eh, she looks like a middle-aged mom who was maybe once a sorority girl. She’s a monster, but nothing about having a sharp-nose, highlights, whatever you see there rings bells for me.

Same, that is the thing, people who do unspeakable things tend to blend in and look like everyone else.

I'm curious what her behavior was like in kid settings and if she fit well there. I've seen posts from HS classmates, people who knew her in college and early in work life/career. She was said to volunteer at their school.

I'm assuming the public sex charges were a shock to parents but any signs before then? I thought that charge precipitated the divorce but it seems that it may have followed it? Can anyone clarify the timeline? Some posts have indicated her contact with her kids after that has been pretty minimal, hopefully they are safe and getting help for anything they need. Just divorce is hard on kids, then the dad remarried, then the sex conviction then this, plus she seems very chaotic. Hopefully she did not harm them.

Re: news coverage, I think the off the charts graphic and horrifying details of this are something most people do not want to know. Wish I had not read the charging documents myself.

Signs of trouble were there before the sex in public but nothing to suggest what she became. Everything from anti-social behavior, degeneration of personal hygiene, worsening mental state to infidelity were going on but you couldn’t have assumed this outcome.

I think with a mother you would never assume this outcome. That's why this is so disturbing. I taught my kids to find a mother with kids if there wasn't a security guard or employee who could help them. We assume that a mother's biology would prevent them from being like this.

Tangent.... but PP, this is still the correct response to give to our kids. A mom with kids is still the least likely to ignore a lost kid, and also the most likely to stop her planned events to help a lost kid find their parents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I laugh at those of you "shocked" this hasn't made the news. Newsflash: 99.99999999% of child sexual abuse cases don't make the news. Even if they're local. You're shocked because the rich white woman didn't make the news and I just don't understand why.

How many of those 99.9999% of cases are perpetrated by rich, white ladies? (Or even just ladies?) It’s the incredibly unusual circumstances here that would seem to make it newsworthy. The media LOVES to expose the misdeeds of rich, white people.

There has been a story on the Charlottesville CBS website and an article on the RTD website from another source. This has not been mentioned on any local Richmond tv stations at all. It is surprising because the family has strong Richmond connections, there are not many female child predators and generally white female predators DO make the news. Think of all the stories of the white female teachers having sexual relationships with high school students.

Also, no Wash Post, WTOP, etc. These outlets report tons of stories out of Charlottesville.

I do find this unusual.

White mom suburban housewife arrested for child porn and attempted sexual exploitation pretty much screams news headline, and definitely above the local level!

Plus, tons of visuals of her all over the place so it’s a pretty easy story to tell. Go to Warrenton and do your standup in front of the motel.

Not really. Do you know how many terrible things actually happen to children every day, up to and including torture and murder? This is an extremely salacious story but no actual children were harmed. It’s main interest is local. At most you can expect coverage from the yellow press like NY Post and possibly some kind of C list Dateline show.

There was no 8 year old girl at the hotel for her to molest, but Hoppe distributed child porn, so there were real children harmed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking at her picture, despite knowing what the charges are in this case, makes alarm bells in my head go off. There is something inherantly 'off' about her based on the photo posted. I can't put my finger on it, she just looks like she has 'issues'. This makes me so sad for children in today's world. I'm sure this isn't her first rodeo with this type of heinous crime. I hope other victims come forward. Monsters don't live in the dark anymore, they are know community members. Sad and sickening!

Eh, she looks like a middle-aged mom who was maybe once a sorority girl. She’s a monster, but nothing about having a sharp-nose, highlights, whatever you see there rings bells for me.

Same, that is the thing, people who do unspeakable things tend to blend in and look like everyone else.

I'm curious what her behavior was like in kid settings and if she fit well there. I've seen posts from HS classmates, people who knew her in college and early in work life/career. She was said to volunteer at their school.

I'm assuming the public sex charges were a shock to parents but any signs before then? I thought that charge precipitated the divorce but it seems that it may have followed it? Can anyone clarify the timeline? Some posts have indicated her contact with her kids after that has been pretty minimal, hopefully they are safe and getting help for anything they need. Just divorce is hard on kids, then the dad remarried, then the sex conviction then this, plus she seems very chaotic. Hopefully she did not harm them.

Re: news coverage, I think the off the charts graphic and horrifying details of this are something most people do not want to know. Wish I had not read the charging documents myself.

Signs of trouble were there before the sex in public but nothing to suggest what she became. Everything from anti-social behavior, degeneration of personal hygiene, worsening mental state to infidelity were going on but you couldn’t have assumed this outcome.

If anyone is exhibing the behaviors you described, it is almost a certainty that things will spiral downwards and something bad is going to happen. For so many families with a mentally ill loved one, it's just a matter of time and constant worry.

[Anonymous]

I think the husband, a federal judge, may be able to suppress media coverage of this incident.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I laugh at those of you "shocked" this hasn't made the news. Newsflash: 99.99999999% of child sexual abuse cases don't make the news. Even if they're local. You're shocked because the rich white woman didn't make the news and I just don't understand why.

How many of those 99.9999% of cases are perpetrated by rich, white ladies? (Or even just ladies?) It’s the incredibly unusual circumstances here that would seem to make it newsworthy. The media LOVES to expose the misdeeds of rich, white people.

There has been a story on the Charlottesville CBS website and an article on the RTD website from another source. This has not been mentioned on any local Richmond tv stations at all. It is surprising because the family has strong Richmond connections, there are not many female child predators and generally white female predators DO make the news. Think of all the stories of the white female teachers having sexual relationships with high school students.

Also, no Wash Post, WTOP, etc. These outlets report tons of stories out of Charlottesville.

I do find this unusual.

White mom suburban housewife arrested for child porn and attempted sexual exploitation pretty much screams news headline, and definitely above the local level!

Plus, tons of visuals of her all over the place so it’s a pretty easy story to tell. Go to Warrenton and do your standup in front of the motel.

Not really. Do you know how many terrible things actually happen to children every day, up to and including torture and murder? This is an extremely salacious story but no actual children were harmed. It’s main interest is local. At most you can expect coverage from the yellow press like NY Post and possibly some kind of C list Dateline show.

In her correspondence with the FBI agent online, she distributed videos of children being raped by adults so yes, actual children were harmed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the husband, a federal judge, may be able to suppress media coverage of this incident.

Ex-husband

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the husband, a federal judge, may be able to suppress media coverage of this incident.

He’s a magistrate and no he cannot.
The truth is that we have basically no local news in most cities nowadays. Someone posted saying the Richmond newspaper is hardly limping along with a skeleton staff. The local news we do have largely is like a social page that sells stuff like home design by profiling rich people, so no real incentive to muckrake there.
I feel bad for the ex because in another career, he could change his name and move towns to protect the kids from all the gosslp. That’s hard for someone in his position to do. I think if I were him I would probably change the kids last name to their step mom’s name, and maybe look for a position with a law firm in someplace like Denver or Portland, if those states have bar reciprocity.