According to the Cape Gazette just now:
Following a grand jury investigation, former state Senate candidate Eric Bodenweiser was indicted Oct. 22 on 113 felony counts. He faces 39 charges of first-degree unlawful sexual intercourse and 74 charges of unlawful sexual contact in the second degree.
The Attorney General’s Office has sealed the indictment; details of the charges are not available.
Damn. For those who don’t know, Eric Bodeweiser was the Republican candidate for Senator in the 19th Senate Distict in Sussex County, Delaware. He officially withdrew his candidacy last week amid rumors of these charges. Bodenweiser was, and probably still is, a star of the downstate Tea Party movement. Indeed, the last time he was seen in public was during a fundraiser with the Queen Bee herself, Christine O’Donnell.
First Degree Unlawful Sexual Intercourse is another term for First Degree Rape, I believe. I cannot find a separate crime for it under the Delaware Code. Second Degree Unlawful Sexual Contact occurs when the person intentionally has sexual contact with another person who is less than 18 years of age or causes the victim to have sexual contact with the person or a third person. This is a class F felony.
I can tell you that the rumor and tip we received was was that Mr. Bodenweiser allegedly and continuously raped a minor male child some 23 years ago. I will ask that everyone refrain from using the name of the victim or going into any more detail than that. The volume of the felony counts most likely means more victims were found or came forward, and if these charges are true, than Eric Bodenweiser is an evil monster deserving of hellfire.