"In May, prosecutors in Seattle charged a sheriff's deputy with raping a 17-year-old girl. The deputy met the teenager while he was an adviser in his department's youth mentorship program known as Explorers. The victim, now 24, came forward in May to report the abuse, which she alleges took place in 2017 and 2018. The assaults allegedly began after King county sheriff's deputy Ricardo Arturo Cueva told her she was cute and that he liked her while they were alone on a ride-along"
"The age of consent in Washington state is typically 16, but rises to 18 if the other person is in a position of authority. Law enforcement departments across the country have Explorer programs overseen by Scouting America, formerly known as Boy Scouts of America and they have a history of sexual abuse and misconduct, as the Marshall Project reported last year."
In May, prosecutors in Seattle charged King County sheriff's deputy Ricardo Arturo Cueva with raping a 17-year-old girl. The alleged assaults occurred in 2017 and 2018 after he met the teenager while serving as an adviser in his department's Explorers youth mentorship program. The victim, now 24, reported the abuse in May. Prosecutors allege the conduct escalated from comments and a kiss during ride-alongs to sexual assaults in the deputy's vehicle and his home. Washington's age of consent is 16 but increases to 18 when the other person holds authority. Explorer programs and ride-alongs have been linked to multiple abuse allegations.
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