A carnival worker wanted for rape is in jail, after deputies took him into custody Thursday night at the Lawrenceburg Fair and Horse Show.
Sean Halper now faces aggravated sexual assault charges. The incident allegedly happened in his hometown of Worcester, Mass. Sheriff’s deputies say they were just carrying out a warrant, but now the question remains as to how someone facing charges of these calibers was allowed to work at the fair.
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“It’s unfortunate that he was here with us. I met the young man more than once here during this week and he seemed to be a nice, clean cut young man,” said Bill Sloan, who runs the fairgrounds.
Halper worked in the games and gave out prizes to the winners. He had worked on the fairgrounds since May.
Although background checks are required, they admit that Halper fell through the cracks. Moving forward, the company hopes that something like this doesn’t happen again.
“I just hope the community will still support us here at the fairgrounds because we’ve been doing this — this is about our 144th fair and horse show,” said Sloan.
