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Child abuse, witness tampering nets Potter man probation, jail time

A 56-year-old Potter man was sentenced to four years of intensive supervised probation and 90 days in the Cheyenne County jail on Tuesday for child abuse and tampering with a witness.

In December 2013 Jason Frei pled guilty to one count of negligent child abuse and one count of attempted witness tampering, both class one misdemeanors, as part of a plea agreement with the state. Frei was initially charged with sexual assault of a child, a felony.

While he was giving Kristie Keenan a massage at his home in August of last year, Frei reportedly groped the woman’s 7-year- old daughter. Follo...

 

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