< Back to All News

78-year-old GV Man Charged With Sex Abuse

A Grass Valley man, now 78 years old, is facing multiple felony charges for sexually abusing four girls for a period of 15 years. Nevada County Sheriff’s Captain Jeff Pettit says Charles Grady Wallen is accused of, quote, “repeated, substantial sexual abuse” of the victims. It happened from 1988 to 2003…

click to listen to Capt Pettit

Pettit says after the first victim came forward, investigators learned about the other three girls….

click to listen to Capt Pettit

Pettit says the girls’ all had the same parents. He says their ages ranged from pre-teen to the early teen years. He says all the abuse occurred inside a home, or perhaps more than one home.

KNCO Web Comments Guidelines

  1. Keep it clean. Comments with inappropriate language, no matter how cleverly spelled or decorated will not be posted.
  2. Comments on the way the story was written or misspelled words will be passed on to the story authors and not posted.
  3. Please use your real name. Anonymous comments or comments posted using a fake name or web handle may not be posted.
  4. Please use your real email address so we can contact you.
  5. No flaming. Any comments that are primarily of a name calling finger pointing nature may not be posted.
  6. The comment section is not a right it is a privilege. KNCO retains all rights as to what is posted on its website.

Leave A Comment

*

*

* captcha