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🚨Chad R. Essert, 44 — Chief of Police for the Village of Bethel, Ohio, and registered Republican — was indicted by a Clermont County Grand Jury on 56 counts of s*xual battery and 14 counts of unlawful s*xual conduct with a minor, all third-degree felonies. Investigators tracked Essert down in Seminole, Florida, where he was booked into Pinellas County jail. He faces up to 280 years in prison if convicted on all charges. The alleged abuse spans from 2005 to 2010, when Essert was instructing students at the Young Marines program and Scarlet Oaks career-development center in Sharonville, Ohio. A victim told investigators the abuse occurred across multiple locations in Clermont and Hamilton counties over that five-year period. Oh, and before his arrest? Essert was on LinkedIn liking posts about child s*x abuse convictions. You can’t make this up. Despite Essert’s position of prominence as an authority figure, this story has remained local. Could you imagine if this were a random gay dad, undocumented immigrant, or a transgender person? This story would explode all over right-wing media. Instead: radio silence.