1360: Eric Stearns
Sexual Abuse
Eric Stearns was a high school choir teacher in St. Helens, Oregon. He was accused of sexual abusing six students from 2015 to the present. He was arrested in November 2024.
Author: Cajsa Lilliehook
1359: James Cowan
Child Rape
James Cowan was the pastor of Little River Community Church in Arkansas. The church no longer exists after Cowan was arrested for raping his children. He pleaded guilty in November, 2024, to three of the twenty-eight counts of rape in a plea deal that allowed his children to not have to testify.
1357: David Paul Daniel
Child Exploitation, Child Sexual Abuse Material
David Paul Daniel is an insurrectionist, one who breached the Capitol doors, leading others into the building. He has been charged with several misdemeanors as well with felony offenses of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and civil disorder.
When he was arrested for the insurrection in November, 2023, his phone was seized and FBI investigators found child sexual abuse material on his cell phone. While they were conducting this investigation they found out the Mint Hill Police had seized a phone of his in 2021 when a minor child came forward claiming Daniel had sexually assaulted her, forcing her to engage in sexual activity while he took pictures. There were pictures of another minor child on the 2023 phone. (Why didn’t the Mint Hill Police charge him when they found pictures on his 2021 phone?)
1356: Bobby Cheshire
Child Molestation, Familial Abuse & Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking/Harassment
Bobby Cheshire, former Republican County Commissioner in Angelina County, Texas, has been sentenced to eighty years in prison after being found guilty of five counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. He was already in prison, serving a four-year sentence for familial violence.
1355: Jason Yates
Child Sexual Abuse Material
Jason Yates, the former CEO of My Faith Votes, a Get-Out-The-Vote organization created to encourage “family values” and “biblical truths” by motivating Christian people to vote and to speak out in the public square. He has been indicted for eight counts of possession of child sexual abuse material.
1354: Jimmy Burland
Child Sexual Abuse Material
Jimmy Burland is a Republican lobbyist and lawyer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is also a singer/songwriter and a long-time donor to Republican candidates and the party.
When his house was raided by federal agents, he claimed nothing was found.
However, he has been charged with possession of child sexual abuse material.
1358: Blake Steiner
Child Sexual Abuse Material
Blake Steiner, the Chief Building Officer of East Baton Rouge Parish, was indicted for distributing child sexual abuse material.
1352: Rebecca Hood
Child Abuse
Rebecca Hood was a sixteen-year member of the Gordon County, Georgia, Board of Commissioners. She was also the Chair of the Commission from 2015 to 2022, when she retired. She and her husband have been arrested and charged with cruelty to children.
1351: Starr Emery
Child Endangerment
Starr Emery is the Republican candidate for District 46 of the Montana House of Representatives. The Facebook tagline for her campaign is “Safe Children, Sound Families, and a Strong Montana.” That makes her arrest for Child Endangerment surprising.
1350: Kevin Menon
Child Sexual Abuse Material
In the course of the investigation, police found more than 200 child sexual abuse materials on his computersK and he has been arrested. He is in protective custody in jail, held on $100,000 bail.