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Escambia Man Gets Life In Prison For Abusing 6-Year Old
February 5, 2011
Lonnie Lee Rippy, 42, has been convicted by an Escambia County jury of two counts of sexual battery upon a child under 12 and two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation upon a child.
Ribby was convicted of molesting the six-year old victim multiple times over a four month period. The defendant was remanded into custody after the trial.
Judge Ron Swanson sentenced Rippy to life in state prison on all four counts. He was also designated as a sexual predator.
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29 Responses to “Escambia Man Gets Life In Prison For Abusing 6-Year Old”
Wow, As an 18 year old I looked up to this guy back on the USS Eisenhower in 97. Googling to see how people were doing so many years later. Really sad as I would of never guessed he’d be capable of such a thing. Sad.
I served with Lonnie during Shield//Storm/Gulf1. He lived in a fantasy world of Dungeons and Dragons. Always disappeared in port leading me to wonder wth he was doing?? Now I think I know.
I sat beside this guy for almost a year at work day in and day out 12 hours a day with so many others and talked to him all day…I am sick and I feel nasty Becuse of some crappy he would say to myself and other females…bit this was ….I have no words to say….shame …u nasty sick…..I need not say more …god be with you in all parts of hell
I am in shock. I am sooo sorry for this little one and her family. Lonnie is my cousin. I have not seen him in prob over 35 yrs. On occasion I try to find family and friends I have not seen for a long time. This is what I found when searching LonLee yesterday. I just cannot believe it. I had a hard time sleeping last night. My heart goes out to this little girl (and her family). I’m just sick about it. As for Lonnie, shame on you!
What is sad is that the child he molested was his girlfriends child. She was under 6 years at the time.
I am in shock. I grew up with Lonnie. I have not seen him in over 20 years. I am his step sister and an ex Navy Police officer. I feel for the victoms. Growing up he never showed any signs of any devencey. We grew up in a very disfuctional family, but now a days, who is not. To my knollage he was not sexualy assalted as a child only physical. But so was I and would never even think of harming a child so I am glad he is now in a place where he can do no further harm.
A few comments about this individual.
I served with him in the US Navy. I am currently retired and a 9-11 survivor from the Pentagon… I believe he was a retired vet as well. To me this is a personal blow as he was a friend and co-worker. However regardless of his service to our nation, he has now become a disgrace to it. Life is Life, however for his sake I pray his stay will be a brief one if anyone gets my meaning…
He should never be free.There is no cure for these perverts
LIFE is too long! Great job getting him off the streets, but could we just go ahead and use the needle if we are sure “beyond a shadow of doubt” that he is guilty..
sick man!! i agree with greenjeans…i was molested as young girl and i’m in my early 30’s now and i have 2 amazing girls and i’m very overprotected with them,i hope these parents keep this child in therapy or this child will have alot damaging effects in life,it won’t hit him now..but it will hit him later on in life,get him therapy to except what has happend
CM- Life in Fla prison means life. There is no parole in Florida anymore for crimes committed after 1994(about that year). Also, for all other crimes an inmate must serve at least 85% of their sentence in actual prison. The other 15% is on supervised release.
About time they made someone an example……..I had guy arrested for the same thing on my daughter he(DENNIS NEET)Got 20 yrs and only did 6yrs i begged the judge to make an example out of him for all that did this to children so they would stop hurting these poor children but …………..the system sucks!!!! kids have no rights against these creeps!!!!!!!!!
Sorry to say that if that were my child, he would have never made it into the hands of law enforcement. They would probably have been taking me to jail instead.
I Would like to hook this joker behind my Z-71 and drag him down the highway then pour gasoline on him
As a female who raped at age 5 by a family member, please, please, please gte that child serious ongoing therapy. I am 55 years old and stilll dealing with the effects of my abuse as “back in those days”, therapy didn’t exist and evryone kept it “hush hush.” God be with that litle one who has had her childhod robbed.
CM- the parents probably didn’t figure it out in 4 months for the same reason thousands of parents don’t figure it out for months / years / ever. A friend of the family, the child trusts him and can’t imagine that the “friend” will do anything bad, even if it feels that way. Good ol’ Rippy always there to help out the family and great with the kids…..
I hope the family gets counseling – never believe it won’t matter because of the young age of the child. It matters.
It is a shame that this has to happen…I thank my GOD that he has protected me from satan..he is the only one smiling now. Now just pray for the child…its not his fault…now this dude can be someones “girlfriend ” in prison…hope he gets use to it.
have a nice life dude
My heart breaks for the victim, and the family of the victim. I will pray for their healing from the abuse of this odious fellow.
I hope that the four life sentences are consecutive and not concurrent, so that the felon can contemplate the horror of his crimes, and repent of them in due course. But I doubt that we should be so fortunate as that.
It is the Innocent among us that deserve our greatest protection from depraved men such as this.
Good Lord protect the Innocent.
In a situation like this the individual should get a punishment worse than this. It did not say ” without chance of parole” so after a period in prison he will be eligible to get out and do this agian. It should be mandatory to get the chair in these cases!!!
I can relate to how much trama this kid is expercing I will most defently keep him in my prayers as well as his family
Life in prison doesn’t mean life so why do they say life?
The jails & prisons are overcrowded so they let them out in short time frames, when our military has to live in tents in foreign lands away from Families & never know if their lives will be given in the next minute. It makes me angry that prisoners have it so easy, while our military & their families have it so hard.
Any more info to help understand why the parents didn’t know in 4 months time?
Justice has been served !
theres no telling how many other child victims exist out there due to this sickening pedophile…good job law enforcement and judicial system…i say, NO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY for him! he deserves LIFE, lived happily everafter in the general population!
SIX YEAR OLD VICTIM!! I totally agree with worried resident.. Maybe this PERVERT will get some prison justice! Life in prison is not enough punishment for him!
Well, that’s one we don’t have to worry about anymore. Maybe he’ll get “molested” in prison. Great Job All Involved!!!!!
Are you happy now creep? see ya
This is the way it is supose to work,LEO did their job and the Judge did his job. Thank you Judge Swanson, I wish other Judges took their job as seriously as you do.
Throw away the key !
Thank you FL. It is about time these people are taken off the streets for good. Now if Esc. AL would do the same. But I forget so easily that the laws here dont protect the children. GREAT JOB FL!