Retired Pa. teacher, Boy Scout troop leader arrested for unlawful sexual contact with a student
Date Shared:
April 23rd, 2024
Date Released:
April 16th, 2024
Source:
nbcphiladelphia.com
A Delaware County man has been arrested and charged for sexually abusing a child while he worked as a Boy Scout troop leader and as a teacher at a boarding school, officials said.
Keith Steininger, 68, worked as a teacher at Girard College for 41 years before retiring in July of 2022. While at Girard College, he served as a troop leader for the school's Boy Scout troop. Officials say that on Jan. 25, 2024, the foster parent of a child who had attended Girard College called Upland Borough Police to report the assault after the child...
Independence man, ‘leader’ in local scout troop, charged with child pornography
Date Shared:
February 29th, 2024
Date Released:
February 28th, 2024
Source:
kshb.com
- Jackson County prosecutors Wednesday charged an Independence man, who police detectives identified as “a leader in a local scout troop,” with five counts of possession of child pornography. - Prosecutors charged Timothy Fry, 40, of Independence, Wednesday. - Independence police arrested and questioned Fry about disturbing images and videos found on his iPhone, according to a court document. - A tipster alerted Independence police about child sexual abuse material on Fry's cell phone. - A search of a message thread with another person in the phone's Session App revealed more than 50 images of child...
Man accused of sexual assault from 1989-1992 while leading Boy Scouts
Date Shared:
February 7th, 2024
Date Released:
April 23rd, 2023
Source:
6abc.com
Officers in Newark, Delaware arrested a former Boy Scouts leader who was connected with sexual abuse within the organization across the country. Gary Matta, 66, was arrested in his home last Thursday, according to officials. Matta was charged with serial sexual abuse.
Houston man with ties to Boy Scouts charged with sex assault of a child
Date Shared:
February 7th, 2024
Date Released:
October 18th, 2017
Source:
khou.com
Houston police say sex crime charges have been filed against a man who was a scout leader with the Boy Scouts of America in the Spring area. HPD says Ulf Gerrit Lueders, 41, is charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child and online solicitation of a minor. He has since been released on bond. According to HPD, Lueders was involved in the Boy Scouts of America's Sam Houston Area Council and was associated with Troop 111, Ship 846 and Crew 762, which are located in north Houston. “Investigators believe there may be additional victims and are...
Boy Scout employee arrested in Molalla for sex abuse of minor
Date Shared:
February 7th, 2024
Date Released:
February 6th, 2024
Source:
kptv.com
Peter Collins Simpson, 28, an employee of the Boy Scouts of America has been arrested for sex abuse of a minor in Molalla, Oregon according to police. On Feb. 1, a Molalla Police officer was on patrol when he came across a car after hours at a park. The officer interviewed the driver identified as 28-year-old Peter Collins Simpson. Police then interviewed a minor in the back seat of the vehicle. The Molalla Police Department says information provided by the minor led to the arrest of Simpson for the charge of Sex Abuse III. Molalla P.D. says the minor...
Boy Scout volunteer admits to hiding cameras in Missouri camp bathrooms
Date Shared:
January 28th, 2024
Date Released:
January 26th, 2024
Source:
spectrumlocalnews.com
Boy Scout volunteer, David Lee Nelson, 41, of Redmond, Wash. admitted to hiding cameras in S Bar F Scout Ranch bathrooms and pleaded guilty to two counts of production of child pornography and two counts of attempted production of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison, followed by a term of supervised release of up to life.
Former Boy Scout safety director freed from federal prison
Date Shared:
January 1st, 2024
Date Released:
January 3rd, 2013
Source:
news.yahoo.com
- Douglas Sovereign Smith Jr. The BSA’s former national director for youth protection was released from prison last week after serving nearly seven years behind bars. - He was in charge of Scout safety programs in 2005 when police discovered hundreds of images of child pornography and videos on his home computer. Some included prepubescent boys exposing themselves and engaging in sexual acts. - “It certainly shows that the people supervising him didn’t have their eyes wide open,” said Patrick Boyle, author of "Scout's Honor: Sexual Abuse in America's Most Trusted Institution." - An Eagle Scout who...
Convicted sex offender suing SLC, state over registry
Date Shared:
December 24th, 2023
Date Released:
December 19th, 2023
Source:
wwnytv.com
- Former Boy Scout assistant scoutmaster Michael Kelsey is suing New York state and St. Lawrence County, saying the state’s sex offender registry violates his rights. - “He’s challenging the constitutionality of the Sex Offenders Registry Act itself, indicating that the act as constructed deprived individuals of constitutional rights,” said St. Lawrence County Attorney Stephen Button. - Kelsey, convicted in 2016 of sexually abusing Boy Scouts at Camp Massawepie in the town of Piercefield, claims the sex offender registry infringes on his First Amendment rights, including his right to assembly and freedom of religion. - According to...
Jason J. Eaton, charged with shooting three students of Palestinian descent, was also formerly a Boy Scout leader in N.Y.
Date Shared:
November 28th, 2023
Date Released:
November 27th, 2023
Source:
bostonglobe.com
Jason J. Eaton, 48, was a full-time sales assistant for CUSO Financial Services in Williston, Vt., according to his LinkedIn account. He was terminated on Nov. 8 after working there for less than a year, said Elisabeth Rutledge, a company spokeswoman. From 2017 to 2022, he worked as a leader for a Cub Scout troop, according to his LinkedIn page. The Boy Scouts of America said Monday that Eaton had been an assistant scoutmaster in upstate New York and was last registered with the organization in 2021. Eaton is not currently a member of the organization and has...
Lawsuit alleges scoutmaster molested boy at New Mexico camp
Date Shared:
November 20th, 2023
Date Released:
November 21st, 2016
Source:
krqe.com
The lawsuit alleges Mike Kessler, who is now deceased, ran a troop in Abilene, Texas and abused and molested the 13-year-old scout for several years. It also alleges Kessler attempted to have sex with the boy during a 1982 trip to Camp Dale Resler near Cloudcroft.