A Winterville father and son were charged Tuesday with sexual exploitation after images of children were found on their computers, officials with the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office said.
Melvin David Wetzel, 64, of 106 Lady Di Drive has been charged with 10 counts sexual exploitation of a minor. His son, Andrew David Wetzel, 17, of the same address has been charged with seven counts of the same offense.
“We’ve been investigating them since October,” Christy Wallace, spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office, said. “Images of children were found on their computers.”
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Having known and been involved with the suspect and having some direct knowledge of the case I wonder why being a Scout Leader has anything to do with this case. Are we saying because he was a Scout Leader and was is the correct word that some how taints scouting and scouts as a whole. Currently there is no information that connects his illegal activity with anything to do with scouting.
This is like saying you belong to group or club X and if you do something wrong it automatically becomes a black eye for X. Or you do something illegal and your family becomes guilty. Ask yourself was that a fair statement? Would you have written he is a sunday school teacher or he was with 4H or FAA etc.?
Scout leaders are not a 24 hour paid employee they are volunteers. Background checks are done on all adults and the criminal nature of this matter if part of his record would have disqualified him.
What purpose is it to link his personal life that is unrelated to the case at hand and then say it in the paper under an assumed ID?
Yes Scout Leader is a fact but to what ends does it have any affect on the article or the case? There has been no connection to scouting or the scouts.
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Missing fact... that the father is a Boy Scout leader.
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