Posted on 01/20/2014 11:55:30 AM PST by BBell
The Des Moines Register ran a sad story this past weekend about awful sexual assault accusations against a school superintendent's son that have divided the conservative town of Treynor, Iowa.
Kreighton Elwood, the 18-year-old son of Superintendent Kevin Elwood, was accused of sexually assaulting three different girls in 2012. He allegedly took them to a secluded area, forced them to remove their clothes, and hid their car keys and phones to keep them from escaping, according to court records cited by The Register. He also allegedly snapped photos of one victim nearly naked, a form of humiliation that is becoming all too common in teenage sexual assaults.
While Kreighton Elwood was originally charged with sexual abuse and kidnapping, he ended up pleading guilty in September to lesser charges of assault and false imprisonment. He spent just 14 days in jail and has to register as a sex offender for 10 years.
Many people in the town of Treynor are still upset about the case. In December, local residents started a petition asking for Kevin Elwood's resignation on the grounds that he didn't properly investigate reports of sexual abuse and harassment.
Jeff Driver, whose daughter was one of Kreighton Elwood's victims, also said school officials didn't do enough to ensure that the teen stayed away from school grounds after his arrest.
“Right now I feel we’re getting the shaft, just because I don’t think there’s been a complete and thorough investigation,” Driver told the Register. “I don’t know if the superintendent did anything wrong. I just don’t feel (school officials) did anything right either.”
One mother who spoke to the paper said the town has a tendency to sweep reports of sexual assault under the rug. The mother, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said two of her daughter's classmates tried
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14 days
Wow.
I find it interesting that it was mentioned several times in the article that the town was very conservative. Would that have happened if it were a very liberal town? I think not!
Probably not... he would have been given a contract to write some Common Core textbooks. /s
He would have been castrated by feminists instead of the fathers of the girls, I suppose.
Yeah, 14 days. At least six felonies. And who knows how many others were not reported? Closer to 20-30 years and lifetime sex offender status, but what do I know?
I’d be willing to be you will find he has been viewing a lot of S&M type porn as well.
This one is worth keeping an eye on.
I guess school superintendents don’t have party affiliations.
I like they way many of the on-line stories about this case mention that the town of Treynor IA is “conservative.”
Kind of like when they describe the mullahs of Iran as “conservative,” or Hitler as a “right-wing dictator.”
Yep.... I call it a hunting accident. Sorry officer... i thought he was a deer...
I grew up in Iowa and it was a decent place. So many of the people I knew there now are ultra liberal.
They’ve bought into the homosexual and other extreme agendas.
Its kinda of sad.
I grew up in Nebraska for 8 years and back then there was little difference between Iowa and Nebraska. Times have changed.
Hopefully, he won't live to see 6 months.
Yes, that is very true about Iowa and Bebraska not being so similar in current times.
OTOH, I am not sure it is fair or appropriate for members of the community to be seeking resignation of the superintendent without any allegations having been made against him. It IS possible that he had no knowledge of his son’s bad acts.
It sounds like some fathers should have taken this boy out to a secluded place and had their way with him, and I don’t mean sexually.
Yep.... I call it a hunting accident. Sorry officer... i thought he was a deer...
No they would call it Saturday night.
Gads, the kid is a sexual predator. I can’t imagine, even if his daddy was the #1 good ol’ boy in town, why he didn’t get charged with felonies.
I bet he’ll be even more fun to have in town in a few more years, now that he’s gotten away with rape not once but three times.
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