While the country is cringing at the Jerry Sandusky trial, the people of Manchester, New Hampshire may have another monster in their midst. A former mailman there named Frank Saucier is currently facing a criminal trial after being accused of sexually assaulting children in his postal truck.
According to investigators, between September 2011 and February 2012, Saucier let several children "play house" inside the vehicle. In these games, Saucier would play the "dad" and sometimes pretend to be driving the parked vehicle. He is also accused of spanking a 10-year-old boy on one of those occasions.
Once neighborhood parents became suspicious, they contacted the police, and the 43-year-old was removed from the mail route and has since been indicted on more than 10 charges alleging he sexually assaulted three children, aged 7 to 10, inside the vehicle. Uggghh ... Just relaying this makes my skin crawl!
I realize we don't live in 1955 and we can't expect neighborhoods to look like something out of Pleasantville or a Norman Rockwell painting, but has it really come to this? Do we really need to be freaking out that our children are going to be assaulted by a neighborhood postal worker? Someone who we allow onto our front stoops and inside our apartment buildings without question? Someone the government hires who we're supposed to trust?
Stories like this one make it seem like we now have to question everyone. Anyone who walks by us on the street, even in what you would think of as a safe neighborhood, could be a potential predator. It's enough to make your stomach turn. The only silver lining here is that parents did contact the authorities, and Saucier now faces trial.
All in all, though, what a complete nightmare. All we can hope is that justice is served, and the USPS starts doing a better job screening employees, so families like those in Manchester don't have to live in fear.
Does this story make you feel like you should question whether every single person might be a predator?
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Man, where were the parents when these kids were INSIDE this man's postal truck? Seriously!
THIS is the reason i dont let my kid play outside where i either cant see him! that is THE #1 RULE in our household. i HAVE to be able to see you play outside or you cant play. my son is VERY good with that and he knows that i check outside every 10-15 minutes to see where he is (it hells that i live RIGHT in front of the playground)..... but still this story is HORRIBLE!
Do we really need to be freaking out that our children are going to be assaulted by a neighborhood postal worker? Someone who we allow onto our front stoops and inside our apartment buildings without question? Someone the government hires who we're supposed to trust?
lets not just worry about people in our neighbor hood! how about our "" loving family members ""
YES we have to be suspect of every one who walks by. No one gets a free pass because sex offenders are most often people that the family already knows, loves and trusts. Do NOT let anyone take your children off alone and be vigilant about what your kid is doing. Pay attention to their reactions to people and don't force them to be around people they say make them uncomfortable. Kids have great intuition.
This sickens me! What has this world come to!? Those poor kids! Parents out there, u need to make sure that u teach ur kids the basic stuff about strangers.....my son who is 9 yrs old now, was taught about strangers since he was 3 yrs old. It's ok to scare them about starngers cause they should be. However, that man needs to never be able to around kids and for sure need to face harsh consequences.