Ector County jury finds serial child sex offender guilty, sentences him to three life terms
An Ector County jury has found a man guilty of three counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, according to the Ector County District Attorney’s Office.
The office said Timothy Queen was convicted and sentenced to three life terms without the possibility of parole.
Between 2007 and 2016, Queen sexually assaulted three children under the age of 14. An outcry from one of the victims years later led to the discovery that Queen had also sent the victim inappropriate text messages, the District Attorney’s Office said.
“Today, the jury held Timothy Queen accountable for the unthinkable harm he inflicted upon innocent children,” the office said in a statement. “We are grateful to the survivors for their strength and courage throughout this process, as well as to the Ector County Sheriff’s Office for their work in this case.”
EC man sentenced to 16 years for child sexual assault
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EAU CLAIRE — A man who faced multiple sexual abuse charges received more prison time than prosecutors had sought at his sentencing hearing.
Marcel Wiseman, 36, Eau Claire, received a 16-year prison sentence, with another decade of extended supervision when he was sentenced Monday morning. Prosecutors had asked for 15 years in prison and five years’ extended supervision. The sentence was double the eight years the defense suggested, but matched the 10 years’ extended supervision.
Wiseman must also pay restitution. That amount has not been set, but will not exceed $10,000. The court granted 1,050 days — not quite three years — of sentence credit for time spent in jail before sentencing.
After his release Wiseman must register with the state’s sex offender registry for the rest of his life, and is banned from any work or volunteer work with children under 18 years old unless he has permission from the agent overseeing his supervision.
According to the criminal complaint, police were tipped off to the abuse after the Department of Human Services contacted them. The victim told other children at a camp about having had sexual contact with Wiseman, and they told adults. The girl then told investigators she “didn’t know that it was child abuse because she thought child abuse was when an adult hurt a child.”
Wiseman entered a guilty plea in December to a single count of first degree child sexual assault involving a child under the age of 13. A second, identical charge was dismissed but read in along with a two counts of incest and one count of child enticement.
Each of the charges carried the potential for significant prison time. The sexual assault charge is a Class B felony, which can carry as much as 60 years in prison. The incest charges were both Class C felonies, which can mean up to 40 years in prison and fines of up to $100,000.
Incest is a Class D felony. While lower than the other charges, it held the potential for 25 years behind bars and fines of up to $100,000.
While Wiseman had a prior criminal conviction, records showed it was for burglary rather than sexual offenses.
7-year-old boy was repeatedly sexually molested on special education bus
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (WDRB) -- Two southern Indiana parents filed a lawsuit earlier this month alleging their 7-year-old son — an elementary school student with developmental delays and language impairments — was repeatedly sexually abused on a school bus.
Attorney Larry Wilder said in a news release Monday that the child — whose name will be withheld in this story for privacy reasons — was "sexually molested by a significantly older student on multiple occasions" in April and May 2024.
The lawsuit, which was filed in Clark County Circuit Court, claims the six instances of abuse happened on a special education bus operated by Greater Clark County Schools and equipped with a bus monitor. The boy attended New Washington Elementary School.
"Children with developmental delays and language impairments face unique challenges that require additional protection, not less," Wilder said in a news release. "Instead, this child was effectively silenced — unable to clearly articulate what was happening to him while the adults responsible for his care were derelict in their duties."
On one occasion, according to the court documents, a 12-year-old student exposed himself and asked the boy and another child to perform sex acts in exchange for a toy car. Another time, two boys were engaging in sex acts on the bus.
When asked Monday, GCCS said it doesn't comment on pending lawsuits.
On top of accusing the school district of failure to protect their child, the parents blame both the bus driver and bus monitor onboard. Wilder and the parents' other attorney, Zach Stewart, said the bus monitor sat in the front of the bus "frequently engaged with his cell phone and failed to monitor or supervise the students sitting behind him."
"Had the monitor simply done his job and observed what was going on behind him, this abuse could have been stopped before it ever began, or at the very least prevented from recurring," Stewart said in a news release.
The lawsuit goes on to allege the student in question wasn't just the victim of the abuse but witnessed the "repeated molestation" of other students by the same older student. Wilder and Stewart said the school district failed to protect the victim.
"This child was placed in an environment where he should have been protected, but instead he was subjected to ongoing trauma," Wilder said in a news release. "This wasn't a one-time incident — this happened over and over again while adults who were supposed to be responsible turned a blind eye."
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for physical and emotional harm as well as accountability from GCCS.
"Greater Clark County Schools had a duty to ensure all children on their buses, especially those who are most vulnerable, are safe," Stewart said in a news release. "They failed. They failed our client, and they failed every child on that bus."
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