North Texas volunteer firefighters indicted in chorizo sausage sexual assault

Brittany Leanne Parten, 23, was charged Monday with improper photography or visual recording for her involvement in the alleged Jan. 20 sexual assault on a Waxahachie firefighter. Brittany Leanne Parten, 23, was charged Monday with improper photography or visual recording for her involvement in the alleged Jan. 20 sexual assault on a Waxahachie firefighter. Photo: Ellis County Sheriff's Office Photo: Ellis County Sheriff's Office Image 1 of / 59 Caption Close North Texas volunteer firefighters indicted in chorizo sausage sexual assault 1 / 59 Back to Gallery

An Ellis County grand jury indicted seven volunteer firefighters, including the department's chief and assistant chief, on Wednesday in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a fellow male firefighter with a chorizo sausage in January, according to media reports.

Five firefighters with the Emergency Service District Number 6 Volunteer Fire Department in Waxachachie have been indicted on charges of aggravated sexual assault and attempted aggravated sexual assault: Keith Edward Wisakowsky, 26; Casey Joe Stafford, 30; Preston Thomas Peyrot, 19; Alec Chase Miller, 28; and Blake Jerold Tucker, 19.

Gavin Satterfield and William "Billy" Getzendaner — the department's chief and assistant chief, respectively — have been charged with tampering with witnesses, a first-degree felony.

An indictment obtained by the San Antonio Express-News also names Wisakowsky's 23-year-old girlfriend, Leanne Parten, who is accused of filming the incident. She has been charged with aggravated sexual assault and attempted aggravated sexual assault.

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The five men allegedly bent the unidentified victim over a couch, pinned him face down and attempted to assault him with a broomstick before Wisakowsky thought of using the sausage, the Waxahachie Daily Light reported.

"I have something better," Wisakowsky is reportedly heard saying in Parten's recording. Other defendants can be heard laughing and yelling in the video, the newspaper reported.

The victim crawled to a bathroom and threw up after the assault, the Daily Light reported. He later found someone had taken his clothes while he showered, forcing him to run to his car to grab an extra pair of shorts.

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At a meeting after viewing the video, Getzendaner "laughed and chuckled," calling the video "funny [expletive]" before telling potential witnesses that the victim could do something to "us," WFAA reported.

Getzendaner then turned to the alleged victim and said, "But, you're not going to."

The assistant chief then allegedly told witnesses to keep quiet about the incident and delete the video.



The department's board later voted to oust Satterfield and Getzendaner, according to WFAA, and appointed the county fire marshal to run the department on an interim basis.

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