A decide on Friday sentenced a Washougal man who previously labored with youngsters throughout after-school actions to 5 years in jail for possessing little one intercourse abuse imagery.
Jesse Bulakites, 22, pleaded responsible final month in Clark County Superior Courtroom to 3 counts of first-degree possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually specific conduct. Three extra counts had been dismissed as part of his plea settlement, court docket data present.
Bulakites apologized Friday and promised the decide she’d by no means see him once more for any new regulation violations.
“I’m looking forward to working on myself and being better in the future,” Bulakites mentioned.
Decide Suzan Clark granted the sentence collectively really useful by the prosecutor and protection lawyer.
In Might 2023, the Nationwide Heart for Lacking & Exploited Kids knowledgeable Vancouver police that six recordsdata containing little one intercourse abuse imagery had been discovered on a Google Drive account, in accordance with a possible trigger affidavit.
Detectives mentioned the billing info, a Washougal handle and a telephone quantity linked to the account indicated it belonged to Bulakites, in accordance with the affidavit, and no less than one file had apparently been accessed in Clark County.
Investigators additionally situated a Fb submit by Bulakites providing babysitting companies within the space and noting he works with youngsters in the course of the week. The submit additionally included a telephone quantity — the identical linked to the Google account, court docket data state.
Detectives additionally famous Bulakites labored for the Clark County YMCA, together with coordinating after-school actions at Felida Elementary College, in accordance with the affidavit.
Bulakites’ protection lawyer, Katie Kauffman, mentioned throughout Friday’s sentencing listening to that investigators by no means discovered any proof Bulakites sexually abused any of the youngsters.
YMCA management beforehand mentioned Bulakites was fired as quickly as regulation enforcement notified the group of his arrest and court docket look. Management mentioned it had no info that any crimes occurred within the YMCA applications or on YMCA property.
