Deja vu: Scoutmaster arrested for alleged molestation

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SF Gate
Los Altos scoutmaster arrested for alleged molestation
- Suzanne Herel, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, August 26, 2005

(08-26) 13:58 PDT Santa Clara County (SF Chronicle) -- A Los Altos scoutmaster has been arrested for allegedly molesting Boy Scouts over a five-year period beginning in 1987, police said.

A Los Altos scoutmaster has been arrested for allegedly molesting Boy Scouts over a five-year period beginning in 1987, police said. Gregory Allen Wagner, 42, was taken into custody Thursday on suspicion of lewd acts on a child under 14, continuous molestation of a child and distributing harmful matter — in this case, pornography — to a child. Wagner has worked with Troop 31 of the Boy Scouts of America since 1986, said Santa Clara County Sheriff Deputy Terrance Helm. The troop meets at the United Presbyterian Church at 858 University Ave. in Los Altos. Wagner is in Santa Clara County jail and will be arraigned early next week, at which time bail will be set, Helm said.

Helm said Wagner was arrested at his home after one of the alleged victims, now an adult, came forward and told police that he and other boys had been molested. “He was coming forward now because he’s just dealing with it at this point in his life,” Helm said. “He wanted something done about it.” According to Helm, Wagner had “inappropriate contact with numerous scouts, most of which were on a scouting trip.

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