THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 

                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, June 3, 1994                    TAG: 9406030847 
SECTION: LOCAL                     PAGE: D5    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: VIRGINIA BEACH 
DATELINE: 940603                                 LENGTH: Short

SUSPECT IN MOLESTATION RELEASED

{LEAD} A 32-year-old man who faces 10 charges stemming from the alleged molestation of two girls was freed on bond Thursday.

Douglas Reeder of the 1800 block of Eunice Court is charged with six counts of taking indecent liberties with a child in his custody, two counts of cruelty to a child and one count each of aggravated sexual battery and forcible sodomy.

{REST} Reeder was released after posting a $25,000 surety bond.

The incidents allegedly occurred between March 1992 and July 1993 while one of the victims baby sat the suspect's child. The victims were 15 and 16 years old.

Police said that on several of the occasions under scrutiny, both victims were with the suspect.

Several of the incidents allegedly occurred at the Reeder home, and others allegedly took place on camping trips. Police charge that the suspect gave the victims alcohol and showed them pornographic material.

{KEYWORDS} SEX CRIME CHILD MOLESTER ARREST

by CNB