1327: Walter Davis Lundy
He was arrested again in June, 2024, when he took a baseball bat and beat his adult son. The son called the police. By the time the police arrived, the bat was broken but they saw the bruising on his son’s body.
Month: July 2024
1326: Keith Farrell
Keith Farrell was a city council member in Providence, Kentucky, for fourteen years in all. He resigned in March, 2024, after it was disclosed he was under investigation for sexual abuse of a minor under sixteen. In his resignation letter, he claimed it was misinformation making it impossible to stay on the council.
He was arrested in June, 2024, and charged with first degree sexual abuse. A Kentucky State Police trooper confirmed the victim was a juvenile.
1325: Jonathan Shaheen
Jonathan Shaheen was a creative pastor at Timber Creek Church in Colorado Springs and a music teacher at School of Rock, a music lesson store also in Colorado Springs. In September 2023, he was arrested for attempting to sexually exploit and abuse a nine-year-old child. He was communicating with an ex-girlfriend to arrange having sex with her and her daughter who was nine.
3124: Dennis Houchin
Dennis Houchin is a retired U. S. Air Force Senior Master Sergeant. Indian River County Sheriff’s Office received a tip that he had child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on his phone.
3123: Christopher Cassidy
Christopher Cassidy was formerly a St. Tammany Parish Police Corporal in Louisiana. He worked for St. Tammany Parish Sheriffs Department since 2006 until his arrest in February, 2022. He was charged with 78 counts of possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and 111 accounts of sexual abuse of animals. In addition to finding these materials when they arrested him, his phone also had pictures of women being sexually assaulted.
1322: Trevor Ranere
Trevor Aaron Ranere was a Bannock County Sheriff’s Deputy. He is accused of sexual abusing a sixteen-year-old girl. According to the girl’s statement, she was working at an assisted living facility and called to report a prowler. Renare answered the call.
1321: Patrick Stephen Miller
Patrick Stephen Miller was the Assistant Director of Children’s Ministry at Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2016, he was arrested and charged with sexually abusing an elementary school student. In a negotiated plea, Miller pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor harassment charge. He received a suspended sentence and was not required to register as a sex offender.
1320: Marty Wallace
Martin “Marty” William Wallace owns Therapies, Inc. in Sheldon, Iowa, where he practiced as a mental health counselor and play therapist. He was arrested in May, 2024, after a thirteen-year-old child reported that Wallace had touched him inappropriately at least three times. Those details are in the news links below.
1319: Jonathan Elwing
Jonathan Edward Elwing was the pastor of Palm View Baptist Church in Manatee County, Florida for the past five years. He has been serving as pastor in various places since 2003. He has been charged with eighteen felonies related to his possession, distribution, and manufacture of child sexual abuse material. He filmed himself sexually abusing a child under the age of twelve.
1318: Joel Searby
Joel Bruce Searby has been active in Florida Republican politics for many years. He worked for a consulting firm called Data Targeting where he worked for many Republican campaigns. Most recently, he was a board member of Education First for Newberry, a group trying to turn Newberry’s public schools into charter schools.
He was arrested in June, 2024, charged with charges of lewd or lascivious conduct, use of a computer to solicit a minor, enticing a minor to travel, and unlawful use of a two-way communication device. He was attempting to lure a fifteen-year-old boy in order to molest him.