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In police youth program, abuse often starts when officers are alone with teens in cars

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By Lakeidra Chavis Verified
| Cascade PBS Verified
This article first appeared in The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. In May, prosecutors in Seattle charged a sheriff’s deputy with raping a 17-year-old girl. The deputy met the teenager while he was an adviser in his department’s youth mentorship program known as Explorers. The victim, now 24, came forward in May to report the abuse, which she alleges took place in 2017 and 2018.
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In Police Explorers Programs, Abuse Often Starts During Ride-Alongs

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By Lakeidra Chavis Verified
| The Marshall Project Verified
In May, prosecutors in Seattle charged a sheriff’s deputy with raping a 17-year-old girl. The deputy met the teenager while he was an adviser in his department’s youth mentorship program known as Explorers. The victim, now 24, came forward in May to report the abuse, which she alleges took place in 2017 and 2018. The assaults allegedly began after King County Sheriff’s Deputy Ricardo Arturo Cueva told her she was cute and that he liked her while they were alone on a ride-along in his police SUV.
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In Police Explorers Programs, Abuse Often Starts During Ride-Alongs

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By Lakeidra Chavis Verified
| buff.ly
In May, prosecutors in Seattle charged a sheriff’s deputy with raping a 17-year-old girl. The deputy met the teenager while he was an adviser in his department’s youth mentorship program known as Explorers. The victim, now 24, came forward in May to report the abuse, which she alleges took place in 2017 and 2018. The assaults allegedly began after King County Sheriff’s Deputy Ricardo Arturo Cueva told her she was cute and that he liked her while they were alone on a ride-along in his police SUV.
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