{"id":26360,"date":"2025-05-14T17:30:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T21:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=26360"},"modified":"2025-05-14T17:31:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T21:31:37","slug":"beaman-faces-five-felonies-in-molestation-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/14\/beaman-faces-five-felonies-in-molestation-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaman faces five felonies in molestation cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Adams County Prosecutor Jeremy Brown released information this week on the charges being faced by Matthew P Beaman of Berne in regards to a molestation investigation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-77.jpeg?resize=640%2C629&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26326\" style=\"width:241px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-77.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1006&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-77.jpeg?resize=300%2C295&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-77.jpeg?resize=768%2C755&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-77.jpeg?w=1170&amp;ssl=1 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Matthew Beaman was arrested this week on charges of child molestation. (Adams County Sheriff&#8217;s Department photo)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Beaman faces five counts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Three charges of Child Molesting, a Level 1 Felony<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two charges of Child Molesting, a Level 4 Felony<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The offenses listed in the charges occurred between January 2017 and December of 2020 in Adams County and involve acts of sexual conduct with a minor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation began when a local youth pastor contacted a member of the Berne Police Department in March. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The affidavit states that a victim, who was not yet a teenager at the time of the incidents, performed sexual acts with the defendant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beaman was arrested earlier this week and is being held in the Adams County jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adams County Prosecutor Jeremy Brown released information this week on the charges being faced by Matthew P Beaman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[15,21],"class_list":["post-26360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26361,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26360\/revisions\/26361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}