Dufur track coach Ty Lee Wyman, 27, pleaded guilty last week to sex abuse charges involving two female students and was sentenced to 40 months in prison.
“It was a difficult case for the victims, for the school staff and for the defendant’s family,” said Wasco County Chief Deputy Leslie Wolf.
“This was a case involving a violation of trust, and those are always the most traumatizing for the victims, who were very involved in the prosecution.”
Judge John Olson granted Wyman until Jan. 2 to get his family affairs in order and report to prison.
Wasco County Chief Deputy Leslie Wolf said his release conditions until that time include no contact with the victims and their families, or any other minor females. Wyman is to stay away from Dufur school and its properties.
Wolf said the plea was the result of a nearly 8-hour settlement conference on Aug. 23 between prosecutors and Wyman, who was represented by attorney Richard Balsley from the Gorge firm of Morris Starns & Sullivan.
Wyman pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted unlawful sexual penetration involving one female and second-degree sex abuse and official misconduct involving the other.
He has been ordered to undergo sex offender treatment and, once released from prison, will have to register as a sex offender. He also has financial obligations, although the amount has not yet been disclosed.
“I think it’s a fair resolution,” said Wolf. “He was held accountable for the crimes he committed against those girls.”
Wyman was arrested at his home in Dufur on May 1, hours after the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office received a report of possible sexual abuse.
According to District Attorney Eric Nisley, “a parent alerted police of concerns, and the sheriff’s office conducted an investigation that led to the arrest of Wyman.”
The defendant had been a full-time employee of Dufur school as a custodian, bus driver and coach for a year, said Dufur Superintendent Jack Henderson in May.
Wyman worked part-time at the school for about six months before that, he said.
Henderson had counselors at the school for students in need of assistance after Wyman’s arrest.
In a written statement, Henderson said: “We take allegations of this type very seriously and have no tolerance for behavior that places young people at risk.”
“Our primary goal as a district remains educating our community’s children in a safe and wholesome learning environment,” he stated.
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