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Forks Township Man Charged With Raping Acquaintance, Police Say
A 27-year-old man has been charged with raping a woman he knew in Forks Township, authorities said on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Eddie Cary Colon was charged with felony rape by forcible compulsion and indecent assault by forcible compulsion, a misdemeanor, Fork Township police said in a press release. Forks Township police officers responded to the 1000 block of George Street for a reported disturbance on Sept. 11 shortly before 3 p.m. Colon was arraigned and bail was set at $100,000, according to court records. Colon was being held in Northampton County Prison. His next court appearance is Oct…
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PA Man's Spotted In Child Pornography, Authorities Say
A 28-year-old man from Reading has been charged with possession of child pornography after sexually explicit images were found on his cellphone, authorities said. Kristopher W. Tanner also was charged with criminal use of a communication facility, corruption of minors, and indecent assault, according to a joint release from the Reading police and Berks County District Attorney. He was identified by investigators who noticed the unique tattoo visible on his right forearm in some of the videos. Additionally, investigators recognized that the background in these digital videos appeared to…
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Man Convicted Of Raping Girl Under 13: Bucks DA
A 61-year-old Bristol Township man was convicted on Tuesday, Aug. 13 of repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting a young girl, authorities said. Gerald Lee Roberts was found guilty of rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a child, aggravated indecent assault of a child, and indecent assault of a person less than 13 years of age, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. He will be sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Stephen A. Corr on Nov. 22. Roberts posted $5,000 bail, according to court records. The victim testified during the trial that she was sexuall…
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Bucks County Man Arrested For Sexual Contact With Child: Police
A 46-year-old man from Bucks County was arrested for indecent sexual assault on a minor, authorities said on Monday, Aug. 12. On July 27, Warrington Police responded to the 2200 block of Pileggi Road for the report of an indecent sexual assault that occurred to a 9-year-old child, police said. Jose Armando Mestanza Ortiz was positively identified as the suspect, police said. Mestanza Ortiz was staying at the residence of the 9-year-old's family when the assault allegedly occurred, they said. On Friday, Aug. 9, a warrant was served on Mestanza Ortiz, where he was placed under arrest and tr…
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Teen Arrested For Rape Of Child Under 13 In Chester County
An 18-year-old man from Chester County has been arrested in connection with the rape of a young child, authorities said. German Domingo-Garcia of West Grove was charged with rape of a child and indecent assault of a child under 13 among other charges, according to the Southern Chester County Regional Police Department. On Saturday, Aug. 3, at approximately 8:25 p.m., officers were dispatched to a residence in West Grove Borough for a report of a sexual assault of a minor child. Domingo-Garcia was arrested and later transported to Chester County Prison where he was held on $150,000 ba…
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Girl Sexually Assaulted By PA Treatment Center Staffer In Twisted Game Of Truth Or Dare: PD
A 26-year-old man working at a nonprofit organization specializing in behavioral healthcare is wanted on a warrant out of Chester County, PA for sexually assaulting a female client, according to police paperwork obtained by Daily Voice. West Whiteland Police Detective Michael Buchmann said in a criminal complaint that on July 3, 2024, he got a call from the Devereux Director of Quality Improvement regarding Shakur Semaj Austin, saying there were rumors circulating that he had engaged in sex acts with a juvenile client. According to its website, Devereux Advanced Behavioral He…
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Felon From NJ Charged With Child Rape In Lebanon, PA: Affidavit
A New Jersey man with a felony criminal record in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey has been arrested on child rape charges police announced on Thursday, Aug. 1. Jose Enrique "Enrico" Rivas, 47 of Newark, NJ, was arrested in New Jersey on a warrant issued by Lebanon City Police on Wednesday, July 31, as detailed in the police release. Rivas will be extradited to Lebanon, PA, the police explained. A 13-year-old girl's guardian made the ChildLine call after the girl told them "I woke to his fingers in me and then he put his pp in me" and "I was just raped and he is still upstairs,…
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: Sex Offender Convicted On 191 Counts Escapes Courthouse In PA
A convicted sex offered left his trial and hasn't been seen since, officials announced on Monday, July 15. Corey Dean Harris, 47 of Clearfield, PA, left the Jefferson County Courthouse during a lunch break and never returned on Friday, July 12, the County District Attorney and Sheriff detailed in separate releases. DA Jeff Burkett's statement reads in part: "Corey Dean Harris, is now on the run. During his jury trial today, Harris never came back after the lunch break. He was subsequently convicted of 191 counts of child sexual abuse related charges." The charges — n…
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Child Foot Porn Made By Lancaster Babysitter Charged In Multiple Abuse Cases: DA
Photographs found on a former babysitter's computers (following a warranted search of his home) have led Pennsylvania State Police to identify yet another victim he abused, according to a release Lancaster County District Attorney's Office announced on Monday, Jan. 23. Eric Dorwart, 54, of the 500 block of Pleasure Road in Manheim Township has been charged for the third time in a year for sexually assaulting children, the DA explained. Originally, Dorwart was matched by DNA to the cold case assault of a boy and girl on West Newport Road, Gordonville, Leacock on April 4…
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Carlisle Dad Accused Of Raping, Financially Exploiting Special Needs Person
A Carlisle dad with a criminal record has been charged in connection with rape and financial exploitation of a care-dependent person, among other charges, according to his social media and a police announcement on June 21. Waren Daniel Mena, 31, was arrested on June 20, "after a multi-month investigation," with the assistance of the Carlisle Borough Police Department, the Middlesex Township Police stated in a release. Mena has been charged with rape of a mentally disabled person, indecent sexual assault of a person with a mental disability, financial exploitation of a care-dependent p…
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Man Guilty Of Raping Ex-GF's 8-Year-Old Daughter Repeatedly, Officials In Bucks County Say
While most girls her age were enjoying the end of the school year this week, a 12-year-old Pennsylvania girl was in court detailing rapes at the hands of her mother's 33-year-old ex-boyfriend, officials said. Because of the girl's bravery, Cory Hegelein, of Morrisville, Falls Township, was found guilty of rape of a child, statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor, aggravated indecent assault on a person less than 13 years old, indecent assault on a person less than 13 years of age, and corruption of minors, the Bucks County DA's Office announced Friday, June 14. Hegelein …
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NJ Man Approaching Teens Under PA Bridge ID'd, Charged, Police Say
A 32-year-old man from Mount Laurel, NJ, has been arrested after he reportedly approached and assaulted children under a bridge in Chester County, PA., authorities said. The incidents occurred on May 16 under the Broad Street Bridge in Oxford Borough, according to Crime Watch PA. Detectives were able to identify the suspect and get witnesses to identify the suspect in a photo array, they said. On Tuesday, May 21, Oxford police located the suspect under the bridge. He was identified as Christopher Rajiv Lachhu. He was charged with unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of minors an…
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'Help:' Text Message Sent By Bleeding Victim Brings Police To Harrowing Scene In PA, Cops Say
"Please help" was the message that police got from a victim in Cumberland County last week, they said. And, they did. New Cumberland police officers worked swiftly to track down the source of the message on May 15, before walking in on Braden King, 60, trying to pull the woman's clothes off without her consent, they said. The bleeding victim told officers she'd been struck in the face and assaulted by King, police said. Police arrived and were able to halt King's "nefarious acts," they said in a release. After an investigation, King was arrested and taken to the Cumberland County Booking …
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Creep Planted Hidden Camera In PA Woman's Bedroom: Cops
A 27-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arrested on accusations he used planted a hidden camera in a woman's home. Ryan Selleny became the center of an investigation on Sunday, March 24 when King of Prussia police got a report from a resident of the Kingswood Apartments about a suspicious device in her unit, the The Upper Merion Police Department said in a release. Officers met with the victim and she was able to point out a small phone plug charger that was plugged into an outlet in her bedroom. Closer inspection of this phone charger revealed it was actually a covert hidden camera, p…
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PA Dentist Fondles Patient During Emergency Visit: DA
A Chester County dentist is accused of touching a patient's breasts at his Paoli practice. James Godorecci of Main Line Dental Aesthetics is charged with misdemeanor indecent assault and harassment, said the Chester County District Attorney's Office in a release. In the criminal complaint, the alleged victim told police she had been seeing Godorecci for regular dental care and treatment for her temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ.) The TMJ treatment involved "massage therapy" to the "jaw, neck, and upper chest/shoulder region," according to investigators. Police…
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Edward Massey Jr. Wanted Of Child Sex Abuse Charges: PSP
State police are looking for Edward J. Massey Jr. Troopers said the 49-year-old is wanted on charges of indecent assault on a person under 13, felony corruption of minors, and endangering the welfare of a child. According to court records, the charges were filed in August 2017. Police said Massey is known to frequent Northampton and Monroe counties and has ties to a business in Florida. He is described as 6 feet tall and 175 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information is asked to call PSP Stroudsburg at 570-619-6800 or submit an anonymous ti…
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DNA On Tie-Dye Towel Links PA Man To Assault Of Family Member, Police Say
A 38-year-old man has been charged after a towel linked him to months of sexual assaults with a young family member, police announced on Monday, Oct. 23. Around 11:40 a.m. on May 21, 2023, a girl under the age of 16 and her mom reached out to the Lower Allen Township Police Department to inform them "that a family member, John Heinrich George II, had been sexually assaulting her for the last two months," as stated in the release. The incidents happened in Camp Hill beginning on March 2, 2023, according to court documents. During the girl's meeting with the police she "rev…
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15-Year-Old PA Girl Assaulted, Filmed After 'Pattern Of Grooming Behavior' By Neighbor, DA Says
A 39-year-old man has been convicted on several charges for raping a 15-year-old girl on multiple occasions and filming it, authorities announced on Friday. William Bradford Ross of Newville was 30 years old when he began to pursue his neighbor's 15-year-old daughter in 2015. **WARNING THE FOLLOWING DETAILS ARE DISTURBING** During the two-day trial, "testimony revealed that Ross had moved into the Shippensburg area" after getting close with the neighbors, he "demonstrated a pattern of grooming behaviors, which culminated in him subjecting the 15-year-old child to frequent oral, anal, and v…
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PA Man Accused Of Groping Woman At Sheetz Gas Pump
A Palmyra man tried to reach up a woman's shorts while she was pumping gas at a Morgantown Sheetz, according to authorities. Police said Dean Balsamo, 44, approached the 18-year-old victim around 2:40 p.m. on August 8 and groped her. The victim reported the incident to Caernarvon Township police and investigators identified Balsamo as the suspect. He was charged with harassment, disorderly conduct, and indecent assault and arraigned on Sept. 26, where his bail was set at $10,000, court records show. Balsamo has a preliminary hearing in a Berks County court schedule…
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NJ Man Convicted Of Sexually Touching Sleeping Student At PA University
A New Jersey man is guilty of touching a sleeping Pennsylvania college student in 2021, prosecutors say. Eric Jones, 24, of Newark, was convicted of indecent assault in a Chester County court, said the District Attorney's Office. Investigators said Jones was the boyfriend of one of the victim's roommates at the Lincoln House, a residential building at Lincoln University in Lower Oxford Township. Early on Oct. 17, 2021, the victim had returned home and gone to bed after taking part in homecoming celebrations, the DA's Office said. She was trying to sleep when Jones e…
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Patient Sexually Abused By PA Doctor Specializing In Treating Amish: Police
A doctor who specializes in "serving Old Order Amish and Mennonite (Plain) populations," is accused of sexually one of his patients. Vladimir V. Iakomi of Lititz was charged with indecent assault without consent and indecent assault of an unconscious person in connection with an appointment on Saturday, Sept. 30, according to a release by the Pennsylvania State Police the following Monday. The woman told the state police that she fell asleep and about 30 minutes into her appointment at "Plain Community Health Care Network” located in the “Georgetown Medical Center,” 23 Lancaster Avenue in…
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PA Teen Sexually Abuses Minors, Police Say
A teenage boy is accused of sexually abusing children in Pennsylvania, police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. The unidentified 14-year-old Mount Joy boy was arrested following a police investigation that "uncovered multiple offenses by the defendant over the course of two to three months involving several victims," area police stated in a release. He was charged with the following, according to Mount Joy Borough Police: Two Counts of Sexual Abuse of Children-Photograph/Film/Depict on Computer Sex Act. Sexual Abuse of Children-Possession of Child Pornography. Indecent Assau…
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MA Sex Offender Assaults Officer After Fleeing PA Wawa In Limo, Police Say
A 37-year-old sex offender from New England allegedly assaulted a police officer while fleeing from a disturbance at a Wawa in Lancaster, PA, authorities announced on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Nathan Daniel Taylor was supposedly causing an unknown "disturbance" at the Wawa located at 2132 Lincoln Highway on April 9, 2023, East Lampeter Township police explained. He suspect fled in a black 2002 Cadillac Limousine— but police spotted him drive with a burned out headlight in the 2100 block of Lincoln Highway East at 3:53 a.m., according to the release. Officers attem…
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Suspect Who Assaulted Lehigh Shoppers Had Child Porn On Phone: State Police
A suspect has been arrested in connection with a string of indecent assaults on shoppers at Lehigh County stores, state police say. Ogonna Chuwudaalu Ofoma, 30, of Allentown, was arrested Thursday, March 30 and charged with multiple assaults, troopers wrote in a release. He is also accused of having "sexually explicit photographs and videos of suspected child pornography" on his cell phone, authorities added. State police previously warned Lehigh Valley residents that a single suspect was behind a number of incidents at Lower Macungie shopping centers, including a Dec. 7 in…
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Bensalem Burglar Broke Into 9-Year-Old's Bed, Police Say
A Bensalem man is in police custody after authorities say he was found in a child's bed in the middle of the night. Paddy Purcell, 32, was arrested early Sunday, March 12 and charged with burglary, criminal trespassing, and indecent assault of a child under 13, Bensalem Township police said in a statement. The department was called to the 300 block of Thunder Circle at about 1 a.m. Sunday for a reported burglary in progress, authorities said. On the scene, police were told that the 9-year-old victim woke up to find a strange man with an Irish accent wearing only underwear in her…
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14-Year-Old Girl Raped While Unconscious By Employee At Shippensburg Sheetz, Police Say
A "heavily intoxicated" 14-year-old girl who had been vomiting in a Sheetz restroom passed out and an employee raped her, Shippensburg police say in court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Sheetz employee, 22-year-old Demarcus Shamir Johnson, had previously flirted with the girl but her older sister warned him to stay away and told him her age, as detailed in the affidavit of probable cause. The girl was drunk and went to the restroom to vomit, she was in and out of it and her memory was hazy but at one point she remembered leaning over the toilet to vomit. Next, she was s…
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Suspect Sought In String Of Lehigh Assaults, Troopers Say
State police are asking Lehigh Valley residents to help identify a man suspected of indecent assault. Authorities believe the man is responsible for two indecent assault incidents at retail shopping centers in Lower Macungie, Trooper Nathan Branosky said in a release. The first alleged assault occurred last year on Dec. 7 at the Wal-Mart at 1091 Mill Creek Road, state police said. The second incident happened on Thursday, Feb. 23 at around 7:20 p.m. at the 749 North Krocks Road Target, they continued. State police say the suspect drove this grey or green Honda sedan. Pennsylvania St…
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5 Jehovah's Witnesses Sexually Abused Child Family Members, PA AG Says
Five additional members of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Pennsylvania are now facing multiple charges after allegedly sexually abusing children, Pennsylvania’s Acting Attorney General Michelle Henry announced at a press conference on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. All of the men, between the ages of 42-74, abused family members between the ages of 5 and 15, the AG says. The defendants are being prosecuted by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General for the following offenses: Marc Brown, 65, of Allegheny County, is alleged to have sexually abused two young sisters who were between the …
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Chesco Man Gropes Woman At West Chester Bar, Say Police
A Chester County man is charged with indecent assault after police say he groped a woman at a West Chester bar. Officers were dispatched to the 50 block of West Gay Street just after 1 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13 for a reported disturbance inside of a bar, West Chester police said in a statement. Investigators determined that 28-year-old Jacob Robinette of Thorndale had inappropriately touched a woman at the bar, authorities said. Robinette then assaulted another patron who confronted him about the groping, police believe. The 28-year-old was arrested at the scene, boo…
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Philly Area Chiropractor Found Guilty Of Groping Patient During 'Exotic' Session: DA
A jury has found a former Chester County chiropractor guilty of groping a patient, authorities announced. Thomas Miles, 61, of Malvern, was accused of inappropriately touching a female patient's breasts on two occasions in 2017, according to county District Attorney Deb Ryan. The victim had been a patient of Miles' for years when he reached under a sheet and groped her during a June 2017 session, DailyLocal.com reported, citing a court affidavit. After the first incident, Miles told the victim he was employing a therapy technique that was "a little more exotic,” the…
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Registered Sex Offender Attacks Corrections Officers In Central PA Prison 2x In Year: Police
A registered sex offender— currently accused of raping a child— has attacked corrections officers in a central Pennsylvania prison for the second time, authorities say. Corey Alan Bennett, 30, of Chambersburg, attacked three Cumberland County Prison corrections officers and a fellow inmate Middlesex Township Police announced on Oct. 10, 2022. The attack left all four victims with "visible injuries," the police say. For this incident, Bennett was charged with three counts of aggravated assault, and one count of simple assault, the police state in the release. He supposedly also…
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