Ronald Dahme in this KSFY file photo.
Story Created:
May 13, 2008 at 10:21 PM CDT
Story Updated:
May 14, 2008 at 8:57 AM CDT
45-year-old Ronald Dahme, the former youth baseball coach and Sunday school teacher in Mitchell accused of rape, has been released from jail. It comes on the same day we learned two more people have come forward accusing Dahme of sexual abuse and there are challenges these new victims will face.
Ronald Dahme was released from the Davison County Jail Monday around 10 AM. Two more victims have also come forward, in addition to the three originally listed, but they may not be able to press criminal charges.
The town of Mitchell is still shaken by the news of Ronald Dahme. And word of his release and more victims doesn't calm Marci Stults' nerves.
"Just pretty much shock, surprise, along with everyone else in our town," said Marci Stults, a mother of three who has lived in Mitchell most her life.
Police say the two new victims of Ronald Dahme were under the age of 16 at the time and the crimes were similar.
"However, this stuff happened a number of years ago and it appears the statue of limitations has expired regarding these two individuals," said Investigator Toby Russell with the Mitchell Department of Public Safety.
According to Attorney General Larry Long, Dahme can be prosecuted if the crime has taken place within seven years or before the victim turns 25, which ever is longer. The original three victims fall within that category and have filed charges. The new victims do not.
A fact makes Marci a little uneasy.
"A little bit I think. I just hope we don't have anymore troubles or anything," states Stults.
Police say even if the statute of limitations has expired for a victim, it's important they still come forward. It will help in their investigation.
Sunday, May 18 at 7:43 AM Mitchellman wrote ...
I'm sick of guys like this doing the things they do; then we are supposed to offer 'prayers' for his family. His wife had to know what kind of man she was with for 20 some years people. She knew and did nothing. Being an accomplice to a crime isn't something easily forgiven.