Police Chief Gulity of Child Abuse for Decades

From 1962 to 1980, former Minneapolis park police chief William Jacobs sexually assaulted 17 boys who recently came forward, according to allegations in a document filed Friday by a Hennepin County prosecutor. The document details alleged incidents with boys whom Jacobs knew when he was a teacher, camp counselor or coach at YMCA Camp Warren in Eveleth, and at Blake and Breck schools in the Twin Cities.

In the 12-page document, Assistant County Attorney Judy Johnston claims administrators at all three institutions knew about such allegations no later than the mid-1970s. Jacobs, 66, of Deephaven, ran the park police from 1987 to 2001. He is scheduled to go on trial in October on a charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. He is accused of molesting a boy from 2007 until January, when the 15-year-old boy told authorities. He is free on $500,000 bail.

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