Posted on 02/06/2009 8:14:54 AM PST by rabscuttle385
A wide-ranging investigation has been launched into allegations that a well-known Pueblo resident has molested many boys over the years, including most recently when he was the manager for Sen. John McCain's presidential-campaign office in Pueblo.
Under investigation is Jeffrey Claude Bartleson, 52, who was arrested Jan. 29 and then re-arrested Wednesday after a campaign worker in the McCain office told police she believed Bartleson molested one of her sons.
Sgt. Brett Wilson, who heads the Pueblo Police Department's special victims unit, said today that there are "several active investigations" involving Bartleson.
(Excerpt) Read more at denverpost.com ...
"According to an arrest affidavit by Pueblo police Detective Dan Anderson, Bartleson has been investigated at least five times for similar allegations since 1982, although never charged or convicted of a crime."
I have no comment on this other than that McCain's campaign HR staff should have done better background investigations on personnel.
I can predict that this story will dominate the front pages of all lamestream media for weeks
Obama nominates multipe tax cheats for office? Nothing to see here, move along.
McCain local campaign manager suspected of being a pervert? SCANDAL!!!!!!!!
Was he known to be gay when hired?
It certainly would have been a good idea for McLame to have done a better background check, perhaps-----might have saved a couple of people working for him a lot of grief.
This is not the Jeffrey Claude Bartleson that I knew.
How could they, if they did they would be accused of unfairly targetting a homosexual.
Guess he was not quite depraved enough to work for Barney Frank.
“I have no comment on this other than that McCain’s campaign HR staff should have done better background investigations on personnel.”
Or McCain knew and was going to use his political influence to drop a lash on any outsider rocking the boat. We really don’t know how dirty McCain is, and I bet he is really dirty in many areas.
What do you mean? Did you ever know a Jeffrey Claude Bartleson?
Plenty of sexual deviant scumbags from either party to go around. At least you can pay backtaxes. You cannot undo an attack from a sexual predator whether he is an R or a D.
” ‘This is not the Jeffrey Claude Bartleson that I knew.’
What do you mean? Did you ever know a Jeffrey Claude Bartleson?”
My guess is that the poster’s comment was made in parody of the typical comments you hear from the neighbors and friends of the accused.
If it helps take McCain down next year it’s a good thing.
It’s an 0bama parody.
Background checks needed, character counts above everything else.
I wonder why he was never charged or convicted with so many investigations.
And even more, I wonder why McCain kept him in his employ.
She finally had proof with a pair of their son's underwear and called the police. He confessed completely, and even said he'd started as a babysitter in his teen years.
He was the last person you would guessed, and even with his full confession I was in a kind of shock for at least 24 hours afterward.
It's some sort of a weird betrayal feeling when you think you know a longtime friend - but you never really knew them at all. Anyhoo, that's why I replied as I did.
I don’t give a crap who he worked for or whether he was a cannonized saint. Prove him guilty in a court of law, beat the schize out of him, and throw him in the pen with the other vermin.
Wow - totally understandable. Life has a way of throwing incredible curveballs at us, probably a lot of the time when we least expect it. You’re going along, doing your thing, and then WHAM - something like that comes along.
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