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Man Accused Of Raping Girls, There Maybe More Victims, Lebanon County DA Says
A 34-year-old man is accused of sexually assaulting three children and raping at least one girl – and he may have more victims, the Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graf announced on Friday, Feb. 9. Jason Shirk has been arrested on charges related to the sexual assault of three young children beginning in 2015, court records show. Lebanon County Detectives began their investigation when two of the girls came forward in 022. "Since that time, a third victim has come forward to state that Jason Shirk sexually abused her," the DA noted in her release. Independently, all…
Schools
Teacher Zachary Agustin Cerrone Charged With Sexual Assault
A teacher and coach has been charged with sexual assault for a series of bizarre incidents — including one where a girl wore leggings in his class, court documents obtained by Daily Voice detail. Zachary Agustin Cerrone, 33 of Wellsboro, was charged on Thursday with two counts each of institutional sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor, and corruption of minors, as well as three counts of indecent assault related to incidents at Middletown Area High School, the Lower Swatara Township police announced on Friday, Feb. 9. The charges stem from an investigation in the …
Police & Fire
Carnival Run By Sex Offender Has Pennsylvania State Police Searching For New Victims
A registered sex offender — who only abused children — secretly ran a carnival business in Pennsylvania and state police fear he may have new victims according to a release on Feb. 8. Richard Lee Ridley was convicted of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child in 1993 and 2006, as well as open lewdness in 2020 and harassment in 2023, according to the Pennsylvania State Police Megan's Law Sexual Offender Registry and court records. The 53-year-old Carlisle resident is considered a "sexually violent predator," Trooper Megan Frazer stated in a release. In June of …
Police & Fire
Florida Man Sextorts Children Worldwide Including 5 In PA, State Police Say
Five Pennsylvania children were victims of a Florida man's international sextortion scam that started more than a decade ago, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Alvaro Andres Valarezo Sandoval, 34, an Ecuadorian national most recently of Miami, Florida, was arrested at his home by PSP troopers in Miami with the assistance of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, their Special Operations Team (SOT), and the Miami-Dade Police Department on Jan. 18, according to the release. Police executed a search warrant of his home and seized num…
Police & Fire
Lebanon Mom Allegedly Recorded Video Of Her 7-Year-Old Girl's Rape, DA Says
The mom who supposedly found a video of her 7-year-old daughter being sexually assaulted is now accused of making the recording herself, the Lebanon County District Attorney explained in a release on Tuesday. In a joint release by Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graf and Chief County Detective Jonathan Hess it was announced that the mother of the girl who was allegedly raped by Edward Lee Williams, Ariel Hiestand, has been charged in connection with the abuse. The release stated that when she "became aware of the abuse at the hands of Edward Williams [... she] to…
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Baby Beater Burned To Death By Boiling Water Down Back At PA Prison (
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A Delaware County dad serving time at a Montgomery County prison for abusing his infant daughter died after being scalded with boiling water, said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office in a release. Brandon Grant, 39, died on Sunday, Jan. 14 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest from pulmonary thromboemboli due to deep vein thrombosis and complications from burns to his back, according to officials. The death was ruled accidental following an autopsy on Tuesday, Jan. 16, said Coroner Daniel Buglio. Grant was serving a sentence at SCI Phoenix in Collegeville, the coroner said. Prison …
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: PA GF Allegedly Fed BF's Infant Acetone, Batteries, Screws
Abuse that went on during court order visits in Western Pennsylvania led to the death of an infant — nearly seven months later homicide charges were filed and an arrest was made on Thursday, January 11, 2024. Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry and the New Castle Police Department announced the arrest of 20-year-old Aleisia Lynnae Owens who has been charged with nine offenses — including three counts of criminal homicide — for her role in the death of her boyfriend's 1-year-old daughter Iris Rita Alfera of Butler. On June 25, 2023, emergency responders were called to 420 Electric …
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Neshaminy Kids Club Worker Showed 'Dark Web' Suicides To Boys He Assaulted: Affidavit
A popular after school program previously employed a man who has been charged with sexually assaulting at least half a dozen boys who attended while he worked there, authorities in Pennsylvania said on Thursday, Dec. 21. Gerald William Spoto was an obese, glasses-wearing, 20-year-old employee at Neshaminy Kids Club when he allegedly sexually assaulted at least six boys, "who were between 7 and 13 years old at the time of the assaults, between 2000 and 2004," the Buck County District Attorney's Office said. These included a lengthy series of assaults during "sleepovers" in New…
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PA Field Hockey Coach William Gaudette Found Dead
A Pennsylvania Field Hockey Coach who was wanted by police on allegations of sexually abusing a child has been found dead in Colorado after living under an assumed name, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. William Francis Gaudette III, 77, of South Hoernerstown Road in Hummelstown, was accused of sexually assaulting a girl on “numerous occasions” in 2020 and 2021, according to Pennsylvania state police. "He was found deceased from a lawn mower accident" which police said happened between Sept. 29th and 30th in Elbert County, Colorado. They noted that: "H…
Police & Fire
Lititz Man Committed Incest Rape Of Child, Police Say
A 28-year-old man was arrested Friday on incest and child rape charges, Lititz Borough of Police announced. Walter Omar Hernandez-Sosof of Lititz was charged just seven days after the LBPD received the report of the sexual abuse of a child in his family in the first block of Pennwick Drive in Lititz Borough. "The alleged abuse occurred over the course of several months," at the home, police said. They immediately began to investigate. As soon as they had probable cause they arrested Hernandez-Sosof with the approval of the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. He …
Police & Fire
PA Officer Raped Child, Sexually Assaulted Others Beginning When He Was 12: DA
A Sharon Hill police officer is accused of multiple instances of rape and sexual assault over a period of years, according to officials. Tyler Humphreys, 21, of Malvern, is charged with rape of a child, statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, and related offenses in Chester County, said the District Attorney's Office. The charges stem from incidents that prosecutors say took place from 2014 to 2018 and in late 2022, officials wrote in a release. One alleged victim told detectives that Humphreys made him perform a sex act when he was 9 and Humphrey…
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PA Man Charged One Week After He Allegedly Distributed Child Porn: Indictment
Only one week after a South Central Pennsylvania man was allegedly distributing child pornography he was arrested on related charges, the US Department of Justice announced on Friday, Dec. 1. Michael "Mike" Lee Carbaugh, 37, of Mount Wolf, was allegedly distributed child pornography from Nov. 3rd through the 7th, as well as possessed child pornography on Nov. 15 when he was arrested, federal and state court documents obtained by Daily Voice detail. Detective Mark E. Baker with the Northern York County Regional Police Department in Dover Pennsylvania arrested Carbaugh on the…
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