WYOMING
Kitsap Sun
By MEGAN CASSIDY Star-Tribune staff writer – writer (AP)
Posted October 9, 2013
James David Jaure refused to look at his victims or their families as they castigated everything from his character to his manhood in open court. He instead sat shrunken, facing only his attorney, nearly motionless.
The former Highland Park Church janitor was earlier convicted of three counts of sexual abuse of a minor involving three young victims. Police say Jaure, 29, used his position to masquerade as a youth minister and gain the girls’ trust.
The girls were 11, 12 and 15 at the times of the assaults.
There was little left to discuss procedurally by Jaure’s sentencing Wednesday afternoon in Natrona County District Court.
Both attorneys asked Judge Catherine Wilking to accept the recommended plea agreement — 13 to 15 years in prison for the count of third-degree sexual abuse of a minor and 16 to 19 years for the two counts of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, with the sentences running concurrently.
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