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Former youth counselor sentenced for molesting teen girls

Original post made on Feb 25, 2019

A 30-year-old former youth counselor from Mountain View has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading no contest to several child molestation charges involving two girls at a group home in Redwood City, San Mateo County prosecutors said Monday.


Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, February 25, 2019, 1:45 PM

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Posted by William Hitchens
a resident of Waverly Park
on Feb 25, 2019 at 4:59 pm

William Hitchens is a registered user.

Shouldn't CA or at least Santa Clara County be imposing strict standards for anyone who has direct contact with children who are not in their families? Impose extensive psychological and behavioral testing and also strict background checks, including interviewing their neighbors. If they've lived in other counties and States, check them there too. Some "adults with problems" move frequently to stay ahead of the law. Drug addicts on probation also play that trick.


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