Juvenile reported that a staff member took her to a room without video surveillance and had sex with her 4 times. Video footage was reviewed and showed juvenile and staff member going to the room 4 times, and being off camera for 7-10 minutes each time. Juvenile described multiple incidents over several days where the alleged staff member kissed her, touched her breasts, “fingered” her vagina, penetrated her vagina with his penis, and penetrated her mouth with his penis where he ejaculated into her mouth. The alleged staff member was placed on suspension, the Child Abuse Hotline was called, and a rape kit was conducted at the Child Safety Center. On 8/24/22, police hand delivered a subpoena to the facility requesting video footage of 90 days prior to the termination of the alleged staff member, and had not received video as of 9/12/22. The alleged staff member was arrested as of 9/12/22. On 9/20/22, police seized video footage from the facility that had not been provided. As of 1/6/23, DNA samples were collected from the alleged staff member to compare to the evidence collected from the rape kit.
