Accused molester: 'Guys get raped too'

MUNCIE – A Muncie man accused of molesting a girl under the age of eight tried to turn the tables on his accuser this week.

Trevor Ross James Wages, 25, told police the child had actually sexually assaulted him.

“Guys get raped, too, not just women,” Wages told city police investigators Wednesday night.

City police officer Kristofer Swanson wrote in a report that the child told authorities during an interview that she woke up in her bed to find Wages fondling her, causing “a bad feeling” along with pain.

Confronted about the allegations, Wages maintained it was him who was sleeping when he awoke to find the girl sexually abusing him.

Wages – who said the incident took place two years ago, when the child would have been about five years old – said the attack continued for up to two minutes, with the child holding her hand over his mouth to keep him from “crying for help.”

The Muncie man also said he had consumed alcohol that night, limiting his abilities to defend himself.

Police apparently continued to view the child as the victim in the case rather than Wages. He was arrested and preliminarily charged with child molesting, a Level 3 felony carrying up to 16 years in prison.

Wages – who remained in the Delaware County jail on Thursday under a $20,000 bond – was convicted of public intoxication in 2010.

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