Posted on 10/31/2024 11:11:43 PM PDT by CFW
A Riverton, Wyoming, man who has been running for a seat on his school board is facing five felony charges after police say he molested a young boy for more than year.
Hunter C. DeVries, 23, was charged Monday with five counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor, each punishable by between 25 and 50 years in prison.
DeVries launched his campaign for a seat on the Fremont County School District No. 25 Board on Aug. 15, with a Facebook post promising strong lines of communication between the public and the school district, support for the teaching staff and an emphasis on educational and recreational activities for a well-rounded education.
He dropped out of the race Friday by sending an email to the Fremont County Clerk's Office, the clerk's Chief Deputy Margy Irvine confirmed to Cowboy State Daily on Wednesday. It's too late to take his name off the ballot, but anyone voting after this point will receive a slip with their ballots announcing his withdrawal, she said.
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He met DeVries at a local youth organization two or three years prior, the boy added. The affidavit says DeVries later babysat the boy.
The document describes DeVries allegedly having the boy engage in various kinds of sex acts on multiple occasions from about August 2023 to a few weeks ago.
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Parents --- be very wary when a young man wants to babysit pre-teen boys -- or girls. I know it is not ALL men, but when it comes to your children, it is better to be safe than sorry. And always pay attention to your child's demeanor after leaving them with a sitter. Usually the signs of abuse are there if you just take time and pay attention.
And be wary of boyfriends...know them really well before you leave them alone with your kids.
I met a gal with 13 and 15 year old boys. I took to them fast, they reminded me of me at that age...troubled, a little wild but good hearted.
Mom waited a year before I could be alone with them. It did not bother me at all.
Any guy it bothers is trouble.
My wife was the same way with her daughters when we met; didn’t take a whole year but what seemed like a good amount of time before they even stayed over. She and I are still together nearly 30 years since and those girls are as much my daughters as if they came from me.
There’s NO difference at all. You are dad.
Perhaps one has to experience it to know.
By the end of the first night together...all four of us driving around in my car trying to find an emergeency dentist for 4 hours :), I would have taken a bullet for them already.
I wasn’t supposed to meet them for a few months...but a few weeks in she needed help so I went.
30 years...that’s wonderful. I am very glad for all of you :)
The gal and I broke up but I am still in touch with the boys.
We are of a kind, a lucky kind...and I have never had one regret :)
Why don’t they just hang him? Why are we wasting money, time and effort on these pigs?
Is it “fair” to assume when no party affiliation is noted in a report of this kind that the suspect is indeed a demoncrat?
Is it fair? No. It’s mandatory.
Thinking the same thing.
Has to be a Democrat.
I remember when I volunteered to coach my daughter’s 10u fastpitch softball team years ago. I had to fill out multiple background info forms (think it was two different sources for security checks), provide three character references, and think I even had to provide fingerprints to the county police department. Sad it comes to this, but in this day and age this should be minimal amount of scrutiny and this is with parents who attend the games and several who sit out in the parking lots during practice two or three times a week and even helped me on the field as assistant coaches as needed (if I could pry them away from their phones that is) The county / league rules stated that I needed to cancel practice if there was ever an occasion where I was the only adult on the field.
I told them no way, all it would take would be some troubled kid to make a fake accusation about me and my life and reputation would be destroyed despite my innocence.
The difference for me, at least, is that they have a good relationship with their birth father, and i have had good relations with him for many years. Kind of hard to refute that.
Ain’t that the sad truth? And the ones falling all over themselves to gain access to kids....?
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