Judge Lee Harris and Shannon Taylor's Special Protection of Prominent Child Rapist
Henrico Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor and Judge Lee Harris colluded to give special treatment and legal protection to child molester, David R. Gibbs, pictured above with his late brother, Dr. John W. Gibbs III. The scheme began when the child molester was indicted by the grand jury for four felonies on May 16, 2022. A capias was issued for the arrest of David Gibbs on May 16, 2022.
Despite this, he was allowed to go about his daily life and wasn't arrested until 27 days later. The delayed date was arranged through an agreement with Henrico CA Shannon Taylor and left the child molester free in the Richmond community despite extremely serious charges. As covered in the previous blog post below, CA Taylor and Judge Harris also colluded to dismiss the child molester's charges with prejudice despite the grand jury indictment and the evidence in the case which was never heard. Essentially, they gave David R. Gibbs a get out of jail free card while leaving the children in the Richmond community at risk.
"By a preponderance of the evidence," Child protective services have classified the sexual assaults as Founded, Level One, the highest level. A thorough investigation by CPS supported the victim’s claims which were disclosed to his counselor during intensive therapy. The counselor, being a mandatory reporter, informed CPS of the assaults. CPS then filed complaints with the HPD around August 2021. CPS reports stated that Gibbs threatened to kill the minor if he ever told anyone.
David Randolph Gibbs of 11232 Fanwood Court, Richmond, Va., was indicted by a grand jury on May 16, 2022, on two counts of forcible sodomy on a child less than 13 years old, violating Va. Code §18.2-67.1 and two counts of carnal knowledge of a child 13-14 years old violating Va. Code §18.2-63. Two of these felonies carry a life sentence. The child molester had raped his nephew repeatedly over a span of approximately two years. It began when the victim was under thirteen years old.
David Gibbs and his parents have established roots in Richmond and are well-connected with prominent upper-class professionals, business people, lawyers, and physicians in the RVA area. In addition, the Gibbs family is close friends with the Ukrops family having attended the same church, social gatherings, and events at the Ukrops home. David Gibbs also has ties to Los Angeles, CA, where he pursues an acting career and has prominent friends in the movie industry.
Despite a capias being issued for David Gibbs, CA Shannon Taylor gave special legal treatment and protection to Gibbs by not allowing the Henrico Police to immediately arrest Gibbs so Shannon Taylor could make arrangements to hide the arrest from the local news media. Further, after being processed and released on minimal bail, D. Gibbs was allowed to travel across the country to Los Angeles, California in July, reportedly for his wife to have elective surgery.
The victim is the nephew of David Gibbs and the son of his brother Dr. John W. Gibbs, III of Greenville, North Carolina. Dr. John Gibbs passed away on February 11, 2020, after a thirteen-year battle with cancer. The sexual assaults occurred between February 2018 through December 2019 at David Gibb's parents' home while the victim was visiting from North Carolina. The victim and his sister were adopted from Latvia, a former USSR territory, and were formally adopted by Dr. John Gibbs and his wife in 2016. The children have dual citizenship.
HPD records list the victim's grandparents as John W. Gibbs Jr. and Martha C. Gibbs, who reside at 204 Dryden Lane, Henrico County, an upscale community in the Sleepy Hollow/Mooreland Farms area. John W. Gibbs, Jr is listed as a retired lawyer and real estate developer.
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