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Ex-Reserve Deputy Charged With Child Seduction

Police: Man Admitted Inappropriate Contact With Boy
POSTED: 7:35 am EST February 29, 2008


LEBANON, Ind. -- A former Boone County reserve deputy is accused of seducing a child in an incident at his home last week.

Randy Wise (pictured), 31, faces one count of child seduction. Authorities said he admitted performing a sex act on a 16-year-old boy, 6News' Renee Jameson reported.
The teen told investigators that he met Wise at a church and spent the night at his rural Lebanon house last Friday after working with him at a school concert.

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"The boy is telling us that Mr. Wise, while the boy was sleeping on the couch, started to fondle him … and had him touch him in inappropriate places," said Boone County sheriff's Maj. Mike Nielsen.

Wise resigned as a reserve deputy at the Boone County Sheriff's Department last May. He also once worked at Witham Hospital in Lebanon.

"That is one of the most disturbing things about this case -- that it was against a child and it was somebody that the public has entrusted, used to entrust, to be a police officer in Boone County, to be an EMT, to be a paramedic," Nielsen said. "There's basically no trust there anymore."
Before he bonded out of jail on Monday, Wise told police that the victim had told the truth, that he was sorry and that there are no other victims.

"I can tell you that if we continue this investigation and we find more allegations that have taken place, we will present those to the prosecutor's office," Nielsen said.
Police said they have no indication that additional crimes took place, but they are continuing to investigate.

If Wise is convicted, he could face up to three years in prison.


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