Ex-youth recruiter held in sex crimes
Published: Sun, Jun. 01, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Sun, Jun. 01, 2008 02:03AM
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closeCHARLOTTE -- Police have charged a former Burke County rescue squad member who disappeared for four years with child molestation.
Officials say 59-year-old Richard Murphy of Valdese had changed his name amid a police investigation of reports by five boys between the ages of 13 and 15 that they had been sexually assaulted while Murphy worked as the Eastern Burke County Rescue Squad's junior volunteer recruiter.
Burke County Sheriff John McDevitt told The Charlotte Observer that Murphy legally changed his name to Trevor Dale Fury and moved to the Outer Banks.
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McDevitt says Murphy is charged with one count of statutory sex offense but he could face more charges. He was in the county's jail Saturday. The jail did not know if he had a lawyer who could speak for him.
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