The town’s new mayor was arrested this week on accusations that he molested a 3 year old boy.
 
Delbert Starr Jr., 61, is charged in Pittsburg County District Court with sexual abuse of a child under 12. He was arrested late Wednesday and freed on $50,000 bail.

Starr has been Haileyville’s mayor for two months. About 890 people live in the town, 14 miles east of McAlester. He had a 32 year career at the Tulsa Fire Department before moving to Haileyville.
 
The charge stems from a November 2009 incident where Starr was allegedly witnessed by two child welfare workers masturbating with the child on his lap, according to a court affidavit.
 
Assistant District Attorney Wesley Cherry said he couldn’t comment as to why it took nearly 16 months for a charge to be filed.
 
“It’s an ongoing case, and I can’t say more than what’s been filed in court,” Cherry said.
 
The workers claim they came to Starr’s home to check on the child and he was wearing nothing but underwear, and Starr was covering his body with a blanket from the waist down. They told authorities Starr said he and the boy had been taking a shower together, the affidavit states.
 
Starr later told a sheriff’s department investigator, he had not bathed with the child but had given him a bath shortly before the two child welfare workers arrived. He denied molesting the boy, the affidavit states.
 
Deputies took bath towels, a blank and T-shirt from Starr’s home to be tested for evidence at a state lab.

The child allegedly told a child abuse specialist at the Pittsburg County Child Advocacy Center that Starr had hurt him, according to the affidavit.

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A Roosevelt Middle School science teacher was accused of abusing his two children.  Jeremy Shawn Parke, was arrested on a warrant about 12:30pm at the school at 3233 SW 44, Moore police department reported.  Parke was charged Wednesday in Cleveland County with two counts of child abuse or enabling child abuse.  Parke is accused of abusing his two children, both 19 months old but born to different mothers.  Parke’s attorney, Elton Jenkins of Norman said Wednesday, I can tell you this, similar accusations have been made about him in the past and they were  proven to be unfounded and untrue.  My client willingly went and talked to law enforcement.  He has nothing to hide.

The sexual abuse is said to have happened while the children were in Parke’s care between March 4th and March 7th.  These are serious allegations  that leaves Mr. parke facing felony sexual abuse & child molestation charges.  If you or a family member is facing allegations of any type of sex crime, contact criminal defense attorney Matt Swain immediately.Un profesor de Ciencias de secundaria Roosevelt fue acusado de abusar de sus dos hijos. Jeremy Shawn Parke, fue detenido en una orden 12:30 PM en la escuela de 3233 SW 44, informó el departamento de policía de Moore. Parke fue acusado el miércoles en el condado de Cleveland con dos cargos de abuso o maltrato propicio. Parke es acusado de abusar de sus dos hijos, ambos 19 meses pero nacidas a diferentes madres. Abogado de Parke, Elton Jenkins de Norman declaró el miércoles, puedo decirles esto, acusaciones similares se han hecho sobre él en el pasado y han demostrado para ser infundadas y falsas. Mi cliente voluntariamente fue y habló con la aplicación de la ley. No tiene nada que ocultar.
El abuso sexual se dice que han ocurrido mientras que los niños estaban en la atención de Parke entre el 4 de marzo y 7 de marzo. Se trata de graves acusaciones que deja el Sr. parke frente a los abusos sexuales de un delito grave y cargos de abuso sexual infantil. Si usted o un miembro de la familia enfrenta denuncias de cualquier tipo de delito sexual, contacto con abogados de defensa criminal Matt Swain inmediatamente.

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