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PA Kids Club Employee Who Showed 'Dark Web' Suicides To Boys He Assaulted Sentenced: DA PA Kids Club Employee Who Showed 'Dark Web' Suicides To Boys He Assaulted Sentenced: DA
Gerald William Spoto Sentenced For Sexually Assaulting Boys A former Neshaminy Kids Club worker was sentenced to 35 to 88 years in state prison for sexually assaulting seven boys and filming some of the abuse, Bucks County authorities announced on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. Gerald William Spoto, 42, of Disk Lane in Bristol Township, pleaded guilty in July to nearly three dozen charges for crimes committed between the late 1990s and 2023. He was also declared a sexually violent predator, requiring lifetime sex offender registration and treatment. These assaults of seven boys included "sleepovers" in New Jersey, Detectives with the Middletown Township Pol…

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by Jillian Pikora
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'How Guilty, Ashamed I Am,' Says Bristol Dad Sentenced For Killing 4-Month-Old Son 'How Guilty, Ashamed I Am,' Says Bristol Dad Sentenced For Killing 4-Month-Old Son
'How Guilty, Ashamed I Am,' Says Bristol Dad Sentenced For Killing 4-Month-Old Son A Bristol Borough man was sentenced to up to three decades in Pennsylvania State Prison for killing his 4-month-old son, authorities said. Tyler Sullivan, 31, was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in state prison on Tuesday, Aug. 27 on murder and child endangerment charges by Common Pleas Judge Gary B. Gilman.  Before being sentenced, Sullivan gave a lengthy, tearful statement, admitting “how guilty and ashamed I am," according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. The baby’s mother and the baby’s aunt both submitted victim impact statements that were read during Tuesday’s hearing…

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by Jon Craig
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Bucks County Man Convicted Of Raping Children: DA Bucks County Man Convicted Of Raping Children: DA
Bucks County Man Convicted Of Raping Children: DA A Bucks County jury convicted a Warminster man of multiple felony counts including rape of a child on Thursday, June 13, the District Attorney's Office says.  Umair Mir, 39, was previously accused of sexually abusing two sisters over a period of five years, prosecutors said. The investigation began late last year when the victims told their brother about the abuse.  Their brother told Mir's wife, who reported it to the victims' high school, according to authorities.  The victims told investigators the abuse began when they were between 10 and 12 years old. It continued "abou…

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by Mac Bullock