A story comes to mind of the protests so many people in town made of Richie Thompson's probation sentence.
It further comes to mind how Todd Nienhueser has been given such relatively favorable coverage by the Telegraph staff since his arrest and subsequent arraignment on significantly more serious charges involving a 15 year old boy.
I did a little background checking and it seems that the telegraph has become a haven for people associated with Mr. Nienhueser, most notably through board affiliations with a group he was president of for more than ten years.
According to my research, Nienhueser has claimed the box he was having a sexual relationship with was 19. It turns out the boy was 16 at the time of his arrest, and may have been 15 at the commencement of the sexual acts.
Whether Nienhueser is gay or not is irrelevant. His former position as a school teacher should be cause for concern as he works around young people every day and should have known the difference between a 15 year old boy and a 19 year old man.
I would have a difficult time believing his story and it looks like Sidney has a new sex offender to add to it's ranks. I honestly believe that Nienhueser should plead guilty and save the people the time and effort of convicting him and let us all put this behind our collective selves.
Maybe the local paper could write it's part and try to determine what, if any, impact this situation has had on the children and parents he used to teach.
What do you think?
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