A woman who was allegedly involved in the sexual abuse of her 9-year-old son in January is facing eight felony child sexual assault charges in Lewis County Superior Court.
Seven of the eight are class A felonies with maximum penalties of life in prison. The eighth is a class B felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
The woman, who The Chronicle is choosing not to identify in order to protect the identity of the victim, was arrested this week and was released the next day on $250,000 unsecured bail.
On unsecured bail, the suspect can remain out of prison for the duration of her case without paying anything, but will go back into jail and have to pay the bail amount if she violates her conditions of release. Those conditions include provisions that she not have contact with her son or any children, or go anywhere minors are known to congregate.
“This is an extremely unusual case,” Judge J. Andrew Toynbee said.
Given that she has no criminal history, “She provided the information that led to her charges, and she cooperated fully with law enforcement,” Toynbee said he felt the unsecured bail amount and the conditions of release were enough to secure community safety while the case is ongoing.
The woman and her 9-year-old son reportedly contacted the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office “to report the sexual abuse of the 9-year-old by a male the mother recently met” in January, according to the court documents filed in Lewis County Superior Court.
The abuse reportedly “occurred over the last weekend and consisted of the 9-year-old child being involved in sexual acts with the mother, and possibly physical contact by the mother’s boyfriend,” according to court documents.
The mother reported “she met a male she knew as ‘Gary Wilson’” via a dating app about 12 days prior, had a consensual sexual encounter, and parted ways.
Law enforcement personnel later learned that “Gary Wilson” was an alias being used by Gerry Gene Greatreaks, 51, of Mossyrock.
Greatreaks reportedly “called frequently over the next few days” and “then invited her to come to his house in Mossyrock and asked her to bring her son to go view some holiday lights,” according to court documents.
When the mother and child arrived at the Mossyrock residence, Greatreaks allegedly initiated a sexual encounter with the mother while the child was present. The mother reported “she went along with it because she did not know what to do and was worried and afraid about what he would do.”
When the mother and child left the next morning, Greatreaks allegedly “told her not to say anything, or (the child) would be permanently taken from her,” according to court documents.
Greatreaks allegedly “called and texted (the mother) multiple times” over the next week, and the mother and child returned to the Mossyrock residence at a later date.
During four days in January, Greatreaks allegedly sexually abused the child by involving him in multiple sexual acts with the mother. The mother reported both she and the child repeatedly told Greattreaks to stop while the abuse was happening.
When interviewed, the child “did not want to talk about anything with his mother and him, but alluded he had more to say, but didn’t want to talk about it at that time,” according to court documents. A followup interview has been scheduled.
When detectives presented her with a photo montage, the mother reportedly pointed to a photo of Greatreaks and identified him as “Gary Wilson.”
When interviewed by detectives, Greatreaks allegedly “admitted that he had met (the mother) but declined to speak further,” according to court documents.
Greatreaks was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail at approximately 9:05 p.m. on Jan. 23. As of Thursday, he was still in custody at the jail on $2 million bail.
He was charged Jan. 24 with eight felony child sexual assault charges. Seven of the eight are class A felonies with maximum penalties of life in prison. The eighth is a class B felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
He pleaded not guilty to all charges on Jan. 25 and a trial is scheduled to begin March 4.
Greatreaks has another pending case in Lewis County Superior Court stemming from an Washington State Patrol’s Missing Exploited Children Task Force operation, dubbed “Net Nanny,” where detectives made profiles and posted advertisements on several websites with the goal of “seeking individuals looking for sexual intercourse with minors in Lewis County” and other communities in Washington, according to previous Chronicle reporting.
In that case, Greatreaks is accused of communicating with an undercover detective posing as the guardian of a 10-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl and arranging to meet the two children for sex.
Trial for that case is scheduled to begin Feb. 26.
