19
December
MAN SENTENCED IN ABUSE OF APPRENTICE
Christopher Bayer, 29, was convicted of sodomizing a boy he helped train as a clown. Bayer, of 178 N. Queens Ave., works as a circus clown called Smiley. He was arrested after a man found him engaging in a sexual act with the man’s son and called police. He was convicted of nine out of 13 counts after the jury deliberated for 6 1/2 hours. The crimes for which he was found guilty included multiple counts of sodomy, sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. He was acquitted