Mr. Steven S. Burns This is Me

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1. 1. News - Post-Tribune (Northwest Indiana)

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   Published on: 10/25/2005   Last Visited: 10/25/2005

   The youngsters' parents contacted police after learning that Wee Ones owner Steven Burns was charged last month with child molesting.
   
   In late August, Burns was also charged with performing a sex act in front of a 3-year-old girl at the Hobart daycare center.
   
   Hobart police arranged for the children to be questioned by a specially-trained unit of the Lake County Sheriff's Department to determine if they had been sexually molested.
   
   The Hobart detective bureau is still waiting for four former Wee Ones students to be interviewed. Their families moved to Kentucky, so they will be interviewed by authorities in Calloway County, Ky.
   
   Burns, 42, is free on a $50,000 bond. He faces up to 50 years in prison if convicted of the child molesting charges.

2. 2. News - Post-Tribune (Northwest Indiana)

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   Published on: 8/25/2005   Last Visited: 8/25/2005

   Steven S. Burns, operator of Wee Ones Day Care at 2520 W. Ridge Road, faces a Class D felony for allegedly fondling himself in the presence of the child.
   
   If convicted, Burns, 42, of Hobart, could be sentenced to a maximum term of three years in prison.
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   Later that evening, Olson said, the child, now 4, told her mother that Burns shook his genitals at her.
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   Leo Finnerty said Burns was expected to surrender to authorities at the Lake County Jail on Wednesday afternoon.

3. 3. News - Post-Tribune (Northwest Indiana)

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   Published on: 10/6/2005   Last Visited: 10/7/2005

   Steven S. Burns, owner of the Wee Ones Day Care Center, was charged last month with child molesting.
   
   In late August, he was also charged with performing a sex act in front of a 3-year-old girl at the childcare center.
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   No information has been obtained from the interviews that could lead to additional charges being filed against Burns, Finnerty said.
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   The mother trusted Burns to care for son, now 3, for 11Ú2 years.
   
   She would drop her child off at Wee Ones on her way to work at a Hobart auto dealership.
   
   The mother pulled her son out of the pre-school as soon as she learned about the charges against Burns.
   
   Both Finnerty and White deny the police department is engaged in a witch hunt against Burns.
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   "If the interviews benefit Mr. Burns, fine. If they don't, we'll respond to that."
   
   Burns, 42, is free on bond awaiting trial.
   
   He operated Wee Ones six years before being arrested on the two felony charges.
   
   The day-care center closed after losing its state license days after criminal charges were filed against Burns.