At least three firefighters in the North Dallas suburbs were arrested Thursday on several child sex abuse charges involving the same juvenile victim, according to court documents.<\/p>\n
The men were charged after two of the suspects were reportedly\u00a0honored with awards\u00a0for their service to the community.<\/p>\n
The three men, all affiliated with the Howe Fire Department in Grayson County, have been identified as David Yosimar Perez-Glass, Dalton Joe McCaslin and Joshua Todd Ryals.<\/p>\n
They are facing\u00a0multiple felony counts\u00a0of either sexual assault of a child or indecency with a child involving sexual contact.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to complaints, the three men allegedly targeted a 16-year-old junior firefighter who began volunteering at the department in January 2022.<\/p>\n
Perez-Glass allegedly began harassing the girl within her first month at the department with behavior that quickly escalated during times they were alone at the station.<\/p>\n
\u201cPerez\u2019s behavior scared her, and it eventually led to him hugging, grabbing her, and throwing her onto the sofa,\u201d documents state.<\/p>\n
The victim said despite her saying she was a virgin and \u201cdid not like what he was doing to her,\u201d Perez-Glass allegedly assaulted her more than 20 times orally and had intercourse with her less than 10 times over the course of a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Howe Fire Department official Joshua Todd Ryals was arrested in sting. Fox 4 Dallas-Fort Worth\/YouTube<\/p>\n
Court documents also noted that Dalton McCaslin had a \u201cconsensual\u201d sexual relationship with the girl beginning in December 2022. Fox 4 Dallas-Fort Worth\/YouTube<\/p>\n
He also repeatedly threatened to rape her, kill her and \u201cdo things to her parents\u201d if she ever reported their interactions, the documents said.<\/p>\n
The alleged assaults reportedly ended when the victim turned the \u201clegal age\u201d of 17 and Perez-Glass no longer wanted to engage in a relationship.<\/p>\n
During the year the alleged abuse occurred, Perez-Glass was reportedly named Firefighter of the Year by the Howe Fire Department and promoted to lieutenant.<\/p>\n
Court documents also noted that McCaslin had a \u201cconsensual\u201d sexual relationship with the girl beginning in December 2022.<\/p>\n
David Perez-Glass allegedly began harassing the girl within her first month at the department. Fox 4 Dallas-Fort Worth\/YouTube<\/p>\n
During the year the alleged abuse occurred, Perez-Glass was reportedly named Firefighter of the Year by the Howe Fire Department and promoted to lieutenant. Howe Fire Department<\/p>\n
During that period, the victim reportedly visited an apartment McCaslin shared with another firefighter in Van Alstyne.<\/p>\n
The complaint alleged a private interaction occurred between McCaslin and the girl while the other roommate was asleep.<\/p>\n
Separately, Ryals allegedly admitted to inappropriate contact with the victim while alone at the\u00a0Howe Fire Station, court documents said.\u00a0<\/p>\n