Delaware County – Sex Crimes Capitol of Oklahoma
(15): Then there’s this report in the Tulsa World, dated 5/23/01 and titled “Californian arrested on sex charges”:
JAY — A 45-year-old California man wanted in that state on six counts of lewd molestation was arrested Tuesday near Afton, authorities said.
John Thomas Reed of Bakersfield was arrested just after midnight when Delaware County Deputy Scott Graham stopped him on a highway outside of Afton.
Reed was wanted on a fugitive warrant in connection with alleged sexual abuse against a child younger than 14, authorities said. Reed is in the Delaware County Jail awaiting extradition to Bakersfield. A Delaware County judge set his bail at $150,000, officials said.
Joe Don Blagg, a spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office, said Reed was listed as a registered sex offender in Bakersfield before the six counts of lewd molestation were filed.
(16): On 8/11/01, the Tulsa World in a report titled, “Colcord man held on multiple rape counts” revealed that Kelvin Leroy Williamson of Colcord was being held in the Delaware County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bail for allegedly raping and improperly touching a 14-year- old female relative over the past five years.
Quoting from that report:
Williamson is facing three counts of rape by instrumentation, one count of attempted rape and one count of lewd molestation for allegedly raping and touching the girl.
In the complaint affidavit, Williamson, during an interview with a DHS official, reportedly confessed that he had raped and improperly touched the girl on several occasions during the five-year period.
(17): In a report titled, “Man gets 100-year term in molestation” the Tulsa World on 10/12/01 reported that Clyde D. Vess, 52 of Grove, Oklahoma had been sentenced to 100 years in prison in connection with six counts of lewd sexual acts with a 15-year-old female relative.
Quoting from the referenced report:
Clyde D. Vess was charged July 3 with four counts of lewd molestation and two counts of indecent exposure. Vess, who has been in the Delaware County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail since his arrest, pleaded guilty to the charges in August.
His wife, Glenda Sue Vess, 39, was charged with one count of child endangerment and pleaded guilty in August. She received a four-year suspended sentence plus a fine.
(18): On 12/21/01 in a report titled, “Molester is given 20-year sentence” the Tulsa World revealed that Jessie Hodge openly wept in court when he was sentenced to prison for 20 years. Hodge was sentenced on one count each of lewd molestation and making a lewd proposal to a minor. His wife Judy Hodge was earlier charged with making a lewd proposal to a minor but that charge had been dropped.
Quoting from the referenced report:
Delaware County deputies arrested the couple after authorities said the girl told them that while she was staying at the Hodges’ house for three days the couple gave her methamphetamine.
Jessie Hodge told authorities that he tried to have sex with the girl in order to get even with his wife.
(19): In a Tulsa World report titled, “Man guilty of molestation” and dated 4/19/2002 it was revealed that James T. Shuey, age 41, of Delaware County had pled guilty to charges of molestation and indecent proposal to a child.
Quoting the referenced report:
According to an affidavit, Shuey said he had touched the child’s genitals more than one time but fewer than five times when she was 10.
He said he began touching the girl when she was 9.
(20): One of the more complex cases of the sexual abuse of kids in Delaware County was initially reported by the Tulsa World, in a report dated 6/4/2002 and titled, “Neighboring county takes over rape case”.
Quoting from that report:
A rape investigation has changed course after Mayes County authorities realized more than a year later that the alleged rapes occurred in Delaware County.
Daniel Thompson, 32, is charged with two counts of first- degree rape in Delaware County for the alleged rapes of two underage girls, authorities said.
Jay authorities were contacted last week by an official with the Mayes County District Attorney’s Office about an investigation by the Spavinaw Police Department and the Department of Human Services into the alleged rape of a 16-year-old and her 12-year-old cousin in December 2000.
When the investigation began, authorities believed that the rapes occurred in Spavinaw, but they later discovered that the rapes occurred in Jay, a report shows.
The report said Thompson allegedly drove the two girls and a 15-year-old boy to his residence in Jay, where he had sex with the 16-year-old, who has the mental capacity of a 10- to 12-year-old, while the others watched.
Thompson then allegedly took the 12-year-old girl into the bathroom and had sex with her, records indicate.
(21): On 8/7/2002, the Tulsa World in a report titled, “Spavinaw man free after charges dropped in rape inquiry” reported that Mr. Thompson released from the Delaware County Jail the previous day after prosecutors dropped multiple felony charges against him.
Quoting from that report:
Daniel Thompson, 32, had been accused of raping two underage girls last year, officials said. He was charged June 7 with first-degree rape, first-degree rape by instrumentation, rape by force and fear and two counts of lewd molestation.
Thompson, who was being held in the county jail in lieu of $200,000, was set free, with all five counts dismissed before his preliminary hearing was set to begin, officials said.
Assistant District Attorney Kathy Baker did not return telephone calls seeking comment.
Is it be possible that Delaware County’s reputation as a haven for “child molesters” has spread all the way to California? If so it probably will not be long before some enterprising Delaware County resident begins selling “sex tours” of the area and even more Delaware County kids are victimized.
damn i thought it would say near colcord oklahoma!!!