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VA Man Who Came To PA For Sex With Child Stays For Prison Sentence: DA
A Virginia man who pleaded guilty in connection to traveling to Pennsylvania to have sex with a child has been sentenced, the Lancaster County District Attorney's office announced on Tuesday, Feb. 20.
Tanner Iskra, 38 of the 2100 block of Harpoon Drive, Stafford, VA, pleaded guilty in Sept. 2023 to attempted statutory sexual assault (11 years older), attempted corruption of minors, and criminal use of a communication facility, DA Heather Adams detailed in the release.
Iskra was sentenced to 11-23 months in prison, eight years of probation, and he must register as a sex offender …
Oklahoma Child Sex Offender Escapes Pennsylvania Prison: State Police
A registered sex offender convicted in Oklahoma has escaped from police in Pennsylvania — again.
Dave Luther Kendrick, 35, original of Stillwater, Oklahoma escaped the Keystone Correctional Facility located at 7201 Allentown Boulevard, West Hanover Township, Dauphin County, by going to a doctor's appointment, according to a release by the Pennsylvania State Police on Oct. 2.
He had taken a photo for the Megan's Law Registry on July 25, and 26, and listed the facility as his home address. On Aug. 10, he was allowed to leave to go to UPMC Osteopath Hospital and he never retur…
Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say
A 28-year-old registered sex offender injured a police officer during a tussle in Lititz, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, authorities say.
Derek Alan Manz fled before Lititz Borough police responded to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance at a home in the 400 Block of West Marion Street at 6:12 p.m., according to a release by the department.
Upon arrival, a woman told them that Manz assaulted and choked her. Her injuries were non-life-threatening, according to the police.
That wasn't the last officers heard about Manz that evening, around 9:37 p.m., a Lititz Borough officer noti…
Bucks Man Sentenced For Rape Of 13-Year-Old Girl
A 38-year-old Bucks County man was sentenced to seven to 15 years in state prison for the rape of a 13-year-old girl last year, authorities said.
Shane Ferguson, of Morrisville, in Sept. 2021, was found guilty of rape, aggravated indecent assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and related offenses, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.
Ferguson will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, the DA's office said. He was also sentenced to two to four years for violating his parole, running concurrently to his sentence on the rape case. …