Bethel police chief arrested, faces 70 counts related to sex crimes

BETHEL, Ohio —

Bethel police chief Chad Essert is facing dozens of charges related to sexual misconduct, according to the Clermont County Prosecutor's Office.

In a release late Thursday night, the Clermont County Prosecutor’s Office announced a 70-count indictment against Essert, including 56 counts of sexual battery and 14 counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.

Investigators said the alleged incidents happened between 2005 and 2010, when Essert was an instructor at the Young Marines and a teacher in Sharonville. Prosecutors said the victim was a student of his and the alleged crimes happened in Clermont and Hamilton counties.

According to the Ohio Attorney General's Office database, Essert worked with the Elmwood Place Police Department, Maineville Police Department and Lincoln Heights Police Department throughout the years that the prosecutor alleged the crimes took place.

Essert, 44, was taken into custody by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Investigations Section in Seminole, Florida, on Thursday night.

“This investigation is a perfect example of how victims are protected and served regardless of the name or title of the perpetrator. The Prosecutor’s Office and the Sheriff’s Office worked seamlessly in this effort,” prosecutor Mark Tekulve said.

Essert is currently on leave with the Bethel Police Department, pending an investigation into separate allegations.

Essert was taken to the Pinellas County Jail and is awaiting extradition to Clermont County.

If convicted on all charges, Essert faces a maximum penalty of 280 years in prison.

https://www.wlwt.com/article/bethel-police-chief-chad-essert-sexual-battery-charges/71565552

The percentage of black males who will murder someone before turning 50 will astound you…

June 10, 2026 (2 days ago)

This statistic is wild.

Wikipedia: “Only an underwhelming minority of African Americans have ever committed any kind of crime."

An underwhelming minority?

Percentage of black males convicted of a felony: 34%

Share of black males who will murder someone during their lifetime: 1 in 22.… pic.twitter.com/q7tdFOarCn

— i/o (@avidseries) June 10, 2026

The study is called, “The Growth, Scope, and Spatial Distribution of People With Felony Records in the United States, 1948–2010.”

Springer Nature:

The steep rise in U.S. criminal punishment in recent decades has spurred scholarship on the collateral consequences of imprisonment for individuals, families, and communities. Several excellent studies have estimated the number of people who have been incarcerated and the collateral consequences they face, but far less is known about the size and scope of the total U.S. population with felony convictions beyond prison walls, including those who serve their sentences on probation or in jail. This article develops state-level estimates based on demographic life tables and extends previous national estimates of the number of people with felony convictions to 2010. We estimate that 3 % of the total U.S. adult population and 15 % of the African American adult male population has ever been to prison; people with felony convictions account for 8 % of all adults and 33 % of the African American adult male population. We discuss the far-reaching consequences of the spatial concentration and immense growth of these groups since 1980.

Wikipedia: “Only an underwhelming minority of African Americans have ever committed any kind of crime."

An underwhelming minority?

Percentage of black males convicted of a felony: 34%

Share of black males who will murder someone during their lifetime: 1 in 22.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.100

sauce

https://revolver.news/2026/06/the-percentage-of-black-males-who-will-murder-someone-before-turning-50-will-astound-you/

>>24708931

I would think so anon