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Criminal Records - Most Wanted |
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Profile |
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Name: James William Bell
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Race: White |
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Age Now: 54 |
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Height: 5'7'' |
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Weight: 155 |
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Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Brown
Has a "bowl cut" |
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Eyes (Color and Correction): Blue
Glasses |
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Other Physical Characteristics: Has a small frame
Described as "someone who blends in, very unassuming" |
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Wanted for :
Child Molestation, Seven Counts, Middletown, RI
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Location(s) |
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Last Seen : Providence, RI |
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Possible Location : Rhode Island
Washington
Oregon |
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Last Known : Providence, RI |
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Traits |
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Is interested in computer repair and technology |
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Has been self-employed in the past |
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Is likely to pursue a coaching position in gymnastics |
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Case Story |
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Mind Games And Manipulation: The MO Of A Serial Molester |
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On July 25, 2003, the director of the Middletown YMCA, near Providence, R.I., called authorities to tell them that three girls came forward with allegations of sexual abuse about a gymnastics coach. Police say the accused coach was James Bell. The girls, ages 9 to 14, all made similar claims against him: that Bell would make them each undress in front of him and that he would touch them in a sexual manner. Even more disturbing, Bell would make the girls stretch out with him in positions that simulated oral sex, according to police.
To manipulate the girls and exert psychological control, officials say Bell would often make comments about the girls when they undressed in front of him. Such comments included telling the girls that their breasts were too small, police say.
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A Dark Past |
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When Rhode Island cops looked into Bell's background, they made a chilling discovery. Bell had been accused of inappropriate conduct at almost every coaching job he had held. About ten years earlier in Bend, Ore., he was fired for allegedly pinching a student's breast and inappropriately touching her buttocks.
Bell was also investigated in Medford, Ore. These allegations were not substantiated; however, he was fired from Flip City Gymnastics because of his behavior.
Officials claim that Bell would tickle and trap the girls in a tunnel he built, under the guise of being playful. Police say Bell would often come out of the tunnel appearing noticeably aroused. Once, Bell allegedly pinned a young girl in the tunnel and began to touch her breasts, according to officials. When the girl told him to stop, Bell responded that it didn't matter because her breasts weren't big enough to touch anyway, police say. |
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Nowhere To Be Found |
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Armed with shocking evidence and an arrest warrant, police in Rhode Island went looking for Bell. But cops say he had taken off: Bell had moved to Washington after being fired from the YMCA for an unrelated issue.
Once police had tracked him down and got him into custody in Rhode Island, Bell regularly made his court dates. For this reason, a judge let Bell go on reduced bail. But after he paid up-- cops say he took off again and hasn't been seen since.
Now police in Oregon, Washington, and Rhode Island are looking for this alleged child molester before he can hurt another young girl.
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