18-year-old faces abuse charges

WASILLA — A month-long investigation has landed a Wasilla 18-year-old in jail, charged with sexually abusing three Wasilla boys.

According to an Alaska State Troopers press statement, troopers first got word of complaints against Ryan Wesley Cox on April 22. A 12-year-old boy alleged Cox had sexually abused him. Later, two more boys, ages 12 and 13, accused Cox of abusing them, according to the report. Cox was arrested May 16 and jailed without bail at the Mat-Su Pre-Trial facility.

Court records show Cox is charged with four counts of sexual abuse of a minor.

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