September 25, 2009 in City

Ex-sports star sentenced for child molestation

Rogers basketball player had college scholarship

Meghann M. Cuniff meghannc@spokesman.com, (509) 459-5534

A former high school sports star who was to attend community college on a basketball scholarship will spend at least four years in prison for molesting younger players.

Rikeya J. Crossley, 20, pleaded guilty to one count of child molestation in a case that involved sexual contact with two girls, ages 13 and 14, while Crossley was 17 and 18.

The girls were in middle school when they met Crossley and her friend, Denisha D. Whitehead, now 20, through a basketball tournament in summer 2006.

Whitehead, who played basketball with Crossley at Rogers High School, was sentenced …

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