A former Kennesaw youth minister and magician who went by the name “Magic Jeff” was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Wednesday for offering to help children in store restrooms and then secretly videotaping them. Jeffrey Alan Wasley, 39, pleaded guilty earlier this year to federal child pornography charges. Wednesday, a federal judge sentenced him to 20 years in prison to be followed by probation for the rest of his life, which he agreed to when he admitted to the crimes. He also agreed not to appeal. Wasley was a youth minister at Calvary Jesus Church in Kennesaw.... Prosecutors said Wasley waited in the restrooms for children who came in without an adult and offered to help them.
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A church youth leader has appeared in court charged with eight offences involving young girls and voyeurism. Philip Barlow, 27, of Walden Road in Keynsham, is accused of intentionally touching a number of girls aged between 12 and 14. He is also accused of one count of voyeurism.... He was released on bail, with conditions that we should not be allowed unsupervised access to children under the age of 18, not be allowed to touch any children under the age of 18.
An Austin man could spend the rest of his life in prison on charges of sexual assault on a minor. The first incident allegedly happened at a Pflugerville daycare and preschool, and the second incident inside the man’s car. The man accused is 26-year-old Gerald Laneaux, a married father of two. The owner of the Goddard School, the school where Laneaux briefly worked last fall, said he was horrified when a parent came forward claiming that Laneaux had abused their four-year-old daughter during nap time. According to the owner, Paul Dunn, Laneaux had a clean record and had gone through a lengthy background check. “We verified his education credentials, he had been a youth minister,” Dunn said. “There were no red flags.”
