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BUT FIRST--
WE ARE WORKING
BREAKING NEWS-- MORE
CHARGES TONIGHT
AGAINST A FORMER---- BOY
SCOUT CAMP ASSISTANT
CHAPLAIN.
STATE POLICE REVEALED
THIS AFTERNOON--
THEY HAVE NOW
CHARGED ----JAMES
GLAWSON WITH EIGHT
ADDITIONAL COUNTS-- OF
FIRST DEGREE SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
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HE IS ALSO CHARGED
WITH POSSESSION OF
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
THESE NEW CHARGES
COME AFTER ADDITIONAL
ALLEGED VICTIMS CAME
FORWARD.
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AS WE'VE REPORTED--
GLAWSON WAS
ARRESTED LAST MONTH
FOR REPORTEDLY-----
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A
DISABLED EIGHTEEN YEAR
OLD MAN.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KAIT WALSH IS
LIVE AT STATE POLICE
HEADQUARTERS-- WITH
WHERE THE
INVESTIGATION STANDS--
AND WHAT MESSAGE
STATE POLICE HAD FOR
ANYONE WATCHING
TONIGHT.
KAIT?
JAMES GLAWSON IS STILL
BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL
AT THE ACI - HE'S BEEN
THERE SINCE HIS ARREST
ON FEBRUARY 14TH.
TODAY - STATE POLICE
ANNOUNCED MORE
CHARGES AGAINST HIM.
HE NOW FACES A TOTAL
OF 11 COUNTS OF 1ST
DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT
- AMONG OTHER
CHARGES.
AND WE'RE TOLD - HE
STILL DOESN'T HAVE A
LAWYER.
74-YEAR-OLD JAMES GLAWSON
OF EXETER - NOW CHARGED
WITH 8 NEW COUNTS OF FIRST
DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT -
AND ONE COUNT OF
POSSESSION OF CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY.
"We have reason to believe that
there could be additional
victims and
additional criminal charges are
possible."
GLAWSON IS SEEN HERE IN
COURT IN FEBRUARY - AT A
STATUS HEARING - FOLLOWING
HIS ARRAIGNMENT ON THREE
INITIAL CHARGES OF HAVING
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE AND A
COUNT OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY
WITH AN 18-YEAR-OLD WITH
MENTAL DISABILITIES OVER THE
COURSE OF SEVERAL YEARS.
RHODE ISLAND STATE POLICE
SAID IN A NEWS CONFERENCE
WEDNESDAY THAT AFTER
GLAWSON'S INITIAL ARREST -
MORE VICTIMS - CAME
FORWARD - LEADING TO THESE
ADDITIONAL CHARGES.
"I want to stress that this is
an
ongoing criminal investigation.
We
strongly encourage anyone with
information and/or complaints to
contact our detectives
division."
STATE POLICE
SUPERINTENDENT COLONEL
JAMES MANNI SAID GLAWSON
ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED THESE
ADDITIONAL VICTIMS - BACK IN
THE 1980S.
"Mr. Glawson was affiliated with
the
Boy Scouts of America from 1980
to
2018, during which time he was
also
affiliated with the Yawgoog
Scout
Reservation - a summer camp in
Hopkinton, RI."
GLAWSON WAS ALSO AN
ASSISTANT CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN
- AND WAS AFFILIATED WITH
CATHOLIC CHURCHES OVER
THE YEARS.
THE DIOCESE OF PROVIDENCE -
AND THE BOY SCOUTS - ARE
COOPERATING WITH THE
INVESTIGATION.
STATE POLICE WANT OTHER
POTENTIAL VICTIMS TO KNOW -
THEY CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS
IN REPORTING ABUSE - OR
FIRST SEEK HELP THROUGH
THE ORGANIZATION - "DAY ONE".
"The most traumatic experience
of
their lives more than often, so
a lot
of people need help before they
can
move to the next point."
YOU CAN FIND THE PHONE
NUMBERS FOR "DAY ONE"
AND FOR THE STATE
POLICE DETECTIVES UNIT -
ON OUR WEBSITE -
WPRI.COM.
NEW AT 6 - WE LOOK INTO
THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS ON SEXUAL
ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS -
AND WHY IT MAY TAKE
VICTIMS YEARS TO COME
FORWARD.
LIVE IN SCITUATE, I'M KAIT
WALSH, EYEWITNESS
NEWS.
(HE)
ALSO BREAKING TONIGHT
---
A FORMER LOCAL BOY
SCOUT VOLUNTEER,
FACING MORE CHARGES
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
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THE NEW CHARGES
AGAINST ---JAMES
GLAWSON WERE FIRST
BREAKING LIVE AT FIVE ---
STATE POLICE SAY MORE
ALLEGED VICTIMS CAME
FORWARD, FOLLOWING
GLAWSON'S ARREST LAST
MONTH.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KAIT WALSH
JOINS US LIVE FROM THE
MOBILE NEWSROOM WITH
THE BREAKING DETAILS.
JAMES GLAWSON HAS
NOW BEEN ARRAIGNED
ON 11 COUNTS OF FIRST
DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT,
ONE COUNT OF SECOND
DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT
- AND ONE COUNT OF
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
HE WAS ARRAIGNED AT A
STATUS HEARING TODAY IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY
COURT - AND WE'RE TOLD
HE STILL DOESN'T HAVE A
LAWYER.
"
Additional victims have come
forward."
74-YEAR-OLD JAMES GLAWSON
- A FORMER BOY SCOUTS
VOLUNTEER - AND ASSISTANT
CHAPLAIN - STILL HELD AT THE
ACI SINCE HIS ARREST ON
FEBRUARY 14TH...ARRAIGNED
WEDNESDAY ON 8 NEW
CHARGES OF FIRST DEGREE
SEXUAL ASSAULT - AND 1
COUNT OF CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY.
"The alleged sexual assaults
referenced in the charges filed
today
took place in the 1980s during a
period of time when Mr. Glawson
was affiliated with the Boy
Scouts of
America."
THIS WAS GLAWSON IN COURT
FOR A STATUS HEARING LAST
MONTH - AFTER BEING INITIALLY
CHARGED WITH 3 COUNTS OF
FIRST DEGREE SEXUAL
ASSAULT - AND ONE COUNT OF
SECOND DEGREE SEXUAL
ASSAULT ON AN 18-YEAR-OLD
MAN WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES
OVER THE COURSE OF
SEVERAL YEARS.
STATE POLICE HELD A NEWS
CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY -
ASKING ANY OTHER VICTIMS TO
COME FORWARD - NO MATTER
WHEN THEY HAPPENED.
"Presently, there's no statute
of
limitations on first degree
sexual
assault."
DAY ONE IS AN ORGANIZATION
THAT HELPS VICTIMS OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PEG
LANGHAMMER COULDN'T
SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
THIS CASE - BUT SAID MOST
VICTIMS - COME FORWARD IN
THEIR 50S.
"Why is that?" "For a variety of
reasons people don't report.
Sometimes it's shame, it's fear,
many times an offender makes
threats either to the person or
to the
person's family."
SHE SAID ONCE ONE VICTIM
COMES FORWARD - IT DOES
MAKE IT EASIER FOR OTHERS
TO COME FORWARD AS WELL.
THE BOY SCOUTS - AND
DIOCESE OF PROVIDENCE
HAVE BEEN COOPERATING
WITH THE INVESTIGATION
FROM THE BEGINNING.
TODAY - NARRAGANSETT
BAY BOY SCOUTS CEO TIM
MCCANDLESS - SAID
THEY'RE COMMITTED TO
HELPING VICTIMS HEAL
AND QUOTE, "THE SAFETY
AND PROTECTION OF
CHILDREN IN OUR
SCOUTING PROGRAMS
CONTINUES TO BE OUR
TOP PRIORITY."
FOR MORE RESOURCES -
HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE -
WPRI.COM.
LIVE IN SCITUATE, I'M KAIT
WALSH, EYEWITNESS
NEWS.