Bond was set at $150,000 for a Bartlesville man accused of multiple felony offenses, including lewd molestation, DUI, child endangerment, child neglect, driving with a suspended license, and eluding police.
Casey Adam Burns, 23, is accused of molesting a 3-year-old girl and driving drunk with the girl and two other young children in the car.
A witness called police after allegedly discovering Burns in the bathroom with the toddler, who was "distressed." The witness says he and Burns had been drinking beer together, and that Burns had made several trips to the bathroom to "throw up." On one occasion, the witness turned down the music and heard the little girl crying and Burns saying, "Shh." In an affidavit, the witness said he entered the bathroom and found Burns with his pants down and the child's head in his lap. The witness ordered Burns from the apartment, and the suspect left, taking the 3-year-old girl, a 4-year-old child, and a 1-year-old child with him.
When police responded to the witness's call, Burns drove by with the children in the vehicle. They pursued him with lights flashing, but he did not pull over. Instead, he drove to a nearby store and entered, leaving the children in the vehicle.
Burns was arrested and taken to the Washington County Jail. The children were left in the supervision of a relative. According to an affidavit, the 3-year-old girl told the relative that the suspect tried to make her "touch his private parts."
Burns has prior felony convictions in Osage County for making a bomb threat, grand larceny, and second degree burglary. He was also charged with sexual battery in Washington County in 2011, but was acquitted at jury trial.
The sexual abuse of a child under 12 is punishable by 25 years to live in prison under 21 O.S. 843.5(f). According to the Oklahoma Children and Juvenile Code, sexual abuse "includes but is not limited to rape, incest, and lewd or indecent acts or proposals made to a child, as defined by law, by a person responsible for the health, safety, or welfare of the child."
Neglect is defined as:
a. the failure or omission to provide any of the following:
(1) adequate nurturance and affection, food, clothing, shelter,sanitation, hygiene, or appropriate education,
(2) medical, dental, or behavioral health care,
(3) supervision or appropriate caretakers, or
(4) special care made necessary by the physical or mentalcondition of the child,
b. the failure or omission to protect a child from exposure to anyof the following:
(1) the use, possession, sale, or manufacture of illegal drugs,
(2) illegal activities, or
(3) sexual acts or materials that are not age- appropriate, or
c. abandonment.
Child neglect is also punishable by a maximum of life in prison.
