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Dakota Valkyrie
July 8th, 2008, 01:24 PM
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Jatten Heinen. 20, was charged in October with molesting or trying to molest four girls while working at the Fargo YMCA in the summer of 2007. Now he has been charged with molesting another young child sometime between September 2005 and December 2006 while working at another daycare.

Originally he was accused of touching a 7yr old girl’s vaginal area while they were riding a bus to YMCA swimming lessons. Heinen was a worker with the Fargo-Moorhead Family YMCA when the incident is alleged to have occurred in July of 2007. He had worked at the there for about a year and had passed a background check before being hired.
http://www.wday.com/news/index.cfm?id=456

Eventually 3 additional girls ages 6-8 from the "Y" came forward and his charges were amended to include four counts of felony gross sexual imposition and one count of attempted gross sexual imposition. He is accused of touching the children either on a bus or while seated during "chill time" at the YMCA daycare in Fargo.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2008/04/18/news/state/153605.txt

Of course he pleaded not guilty and was released on $50,000 bail and was ordered to have no contact with children. He also owns a photography business... but when he agreed to photograph a 6yr old, the judge refused to revoke his bail. (He claims another photographer would have taken the pictures... yeah, I believe that... NOT)
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2008/02/29/news/state/149978.txt

Now another child has come forward. He's accused of sexually assulting a 3yr old while employed at another Fargo daycare the year before he worked at the "Y". THe "Stay and Play" daycare is no longer in business. If I remember correctly, it was a drop-in center where parents could take kids while they shopped or ran errands.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2008/07/08/news/state/159629.txt


Does no one find it odd that a 20yr old guy would want to work at a daycare? Our unemployment rate here is very low and there are a ton of jobs to choose from. Not all men are molesters, but I have heebie-jeebies (founded or not) about the ones that want to work around little kids in a daycare setting.

I'm betting there are more victims that haven't come forward... I hope they do.

Lucy
July 18th, 2008, 01:31 AM
This fucktard is out on bail...nice

http://www.wday.com/news/index.cfm?id=5106

FARGO, N.D. (AP) _ A 20-year-old former Fargo day care worker accused of molesting five young girls in his care is free after posting more bond money.

Jatten Heinen posted $10,000 bond following his court appearance Wednesday on the latest felony charge against him.

Heinen is accused of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl at a Fargo day care facility between September 2005 and December 2006.

He previously posted $50,000 bond on five separate felonies accusing him of molesting four young girls in his care at a YMCA in Fargo last year. Heinen has pleaded not guilty to those charges and is facing an August 26 trial.

Unamused Cat
July 18th, 2008, 04:44 PM
WTF? He shouldn't even be allowed bail. >.<

Dakota Valkyrie
September 5th, 2008, 04:30 PM
Jatten Heinen found not guilty on all five child molestation charges

FARGO - A jury here has cleared former YMCA day care worker Jatten Heinen of all five felony charges against him.

Cass County prosecutor Ryan Younggren said they are proud of the case they put on and felt it was strong, but said the criminal burden is very high and cases of sexual molestation often have no physical evidence or witnesses to corroborate testimony.

Heinen still faces a separate felony gross sexual imposition charge amid allegations that he molested a young girl at a separate day care between September 2005 and December 2006.

http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=213769

From testimony:
The father of the first girl to accuse Heinen said he specifically asked his daughter if she were telling the truth. He told the girl that the only people who knew what happened would be Heinen, his daughter and Jesus, which made the girl start to cry.

“She said ‘When you get to heaven you can ask Jesus and he’ll tell you that it happened,” the father said.
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The girls are all 7-9 now and testifying was difficult for them, I'm sure. It boiled down to the kids vs. adults - some of who say the little girls had crushes on him. Kids all say they were near the back of the bus, while he and a co-worker say it was the front. Personally, I think I would remember where I sat on the day I got molested more than "just another day" like it should have been for him.

The remaining charge has to do with a 3-yr old. That will probably be hard, too. After all, these things are just he said/she said things. But it is odd that all the "she said"s are aimed at one "he".