Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Taney County prosecutor's office searching for more Pete Newman victims

The Taney County Prosecuting Attorney's office is hunting for other victims of former Kanakuk Kamps director Pete Newman, 33, who was charged last week with four felony sex crimes involving underage boys.

From an article in the Selma, Alabama Times Journal:

Anyone who has information about Newman is encouraged to call (Taney County Prosecuting Attorney Jeffrey) Merrell’s office at 417-546-7260 or through the Web site at http://taneycountyprosecutor.com/contact-us.

“We need to find out who the victims are,” Merrell said, “so we can be sure to get them what they need.”

Those who wish to remain anonymous may do so, the prosecutor said.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

There is a broken link on Google to the Tulsa World for an article claiming Newman was fired 3 months before the camp reported these crimes. Does anyone know if this is true?

Anonymous said...

Kanakuk fired Pete and called in to report at the same time. Both happened in March, but the court documents say June. The March date (I think the 11th) is correct - something was miscommunicated or misprinted on the court documents.