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13-Year-Old Girl Raped By PA Registered Megan’s Law Sex Offender: Affidavit
An Ephrata man, already a lifetime Megan’s Law registrant, is facing charges for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl, subjecting her to repeated abuse over the past two years, according to the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department on Wednesday, Nov. 20, and an affidavit of probable cause obtained by Daily Voice. Michael Christopher Pringle, 60, was arrested after the victim disclosed the assault to her school counselor on Oct. 7. The incident occurred the evening before at a home in Clay Township. **WARNING THE FOLLOWING DETAILS ARE DISTURBING** Allegations From The Affidavit…
Schools
Philly HS Teacher Who 'Catfished' Teen Girls Gets 30 Years In Prison:
Usdoj
A Philadelphia teacher who posed as a student to get teenage girls to send him nudes has been sentenced to 30 years in prison the US Department of Justice announced on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Jeremy Schobel, 33, of Philadelphia, was an English teacher at Harriton High School in Lower Merion Township and the High School of Creative and Performing Arts in Philadelphia when he created the Snapchat and Yubo accounts that he used to "entice young teenage girls, including one who was a student at his school," as stated in the USDOJ release. For over three years Schobel posed as fictional…
Police & Fire
Dennis, Elizabeth Deiter Admit To Child Porn Possession: DA
A convicted sex offender and his Reading wife have been arrested on child pornography charges, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Dennis Deiter, 46, and Elizabeth Deiter, 34, both "admitted to utilizing their respective cellular telephones to view child pornography," prosecutors wrote in a release on Wednesday, July 24. Detectives began investigating the pair after receiving a complaint from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, authorities said. The investigation led them to the Deiters' South 12th Street home where they e…
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Convicted Child Porn Collector Accused Of Rape In Lebanon City: Police
"Mondays Got Me Like," Samuel James Rhoads's t-shirt reads in his first Pennsylvania State Police Megan's Law Sex Offender Registry photo on March 13, 2024 — but Monday really got him on July 8, when police announced he was charged with rape. When police announced the new charges, Rhoads, 20 of Lebanon, was still in the Lebanon County Prison serving a four-month to 11 months and 29 days sentence for felons for child pornography and unlawful contact with a minor/sexual abuse, court records show. Rhoads was charged with Rape, Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse, Statutory…
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Lebanon Sex Offender Arrested Again After Separate Investigation Police Say
A 34-year-old convicted rapist is back behind bars after a police investigation into someone else led officers to discover he wasn't up to date on the Pennsylvania State Police Sexual Offender Registry, according to a release on July 3. Luis Miguel Rivera Ruiz's failure to update his lifetime sexual offender information appears to have come to light when Lebanon City police "responded to a report of a suspicious person in the 200 block of Guilford Street on June 26, 2024," according to multiple police releases. The following day, Anthony George Benavidez, was charged with Lo…
Police & Fire
Pair Ejected In Fatal Head-On Crash Along I-81: PA State Police
A 51-year-old woman has died a week after being ejected during a head-on crash along Interstate 81, Pennsylvania State Police and the Dauphin County Coroner confirmed to Daily Voice on Tuesday, April 9. Sharon Michelle Bentler, originally of Berwick and most recently of Harrisburg (according to her social media and court records), passed away at Penn State Hershey Medical Center on Sunday due to multiple traumatic injuries she sustained in a crash on I-81 on April 3 Dauphin County press secretary Diane McNaughton told Daily Voice. Her death was ruled accidental by the county co…
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Felon Shows Up At Ex-GF's Home With Illegal Weapons, MontCo DA Says
A registered sex offender made calls from prison to illegally purchase weapons and wasn't caught until he was parked outside his ex-girlfriend's home around 1 a.m., authorities detailed in court documents released on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Edward Cordenner III, 36, of Susquehanna Avenue in Lansdale was found with a loaded assault rifle and night vision goggles in his pickup truck outside his ex-girlfriend's home in New Hanover Township at 1:21 a.m. on Feb. 21, police explained in the affidavit of probable cause. Cordenner had recently been released from prison and had been makin…
Police & Fire
Sex Offender With PA Address Arrested In New York, Police Say
A convicted Pennsylvania sex offender was arrested in New York this week after police say he failed to comply with registry requirements. Randall W. Rolison Jr. was taken into custody in Binghamton on Thursday, Feb. 15, said Morrisville Borough police. Rolison was taken to the Broome County lockup awaiting his extradition back to Pennsylvania, the department said. The state Megan's Law website says Rolison was previously convicted of sexual misconduct in New York. His last known address before absconding was in Morrisville, according to court records.
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 …
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Sex Offender Who Lives In Lebanon Is Missing: Pennsylvania State Police
A Colorado sex offender who lives in Lebanon and works in Berks County is missing, police announced on January 4. Santos Joel Rodriguez-Cruz, became a "non-complaint" registered sex offender when he "failed to verify his information between the required times," Lebanon City police and Pennsylvania State Police said in separate releases. The 30-year-old only is required to check in with PSP once a year to be photographed and register his address, workplace details, and any vehicles he may own. He failed to do any of that before Oct. 23, 2023, documents show. A warrant for his arr…
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Sexually Violent Predator Charged With Raping Child In Lebanon County — Again
A convicted child rapist who is on the Pennsylvania Sex Offender Registry has been charged again, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Jonathan Michael Service is accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old at a swimming pool and later raping that same girl at the Mount Wilson Church of the Brethren playground, located at 1261 Mount Wilson Road, in May, as detailed in the affidavit of probable cause. In 2001, Service pleaded guilty to the 1999 offenses of felon statutory sexual assault, two counts of indecent assault without consent, and corruption of minors, all of …
Police & Fire
NY Sex Offender Who Absconded Wanted By Pennsylvania State Police
State troopers are looking for a New York sex offender who has not kept up with his registration requirements, according to authorities. Edwin Rolando Padron, 57, was convicted in 2012 of possessing child sexual abuse material, PSP said. The state Megan's Law website shows Padron's most recent address as 1043 Washington Street in Easton and says he works in or near Allentown and Salisbury Township. He is 5-foot-10 and 220 pounds with brown eyes and black/gray hair, authorities said. Anyone with information on Padron's whereabouts is asked to call PSP at 610-87…
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Wanted
: Missing Kentucky Rapist Thought To Be In Pennsylvania, Police Say
A convicted rapist who has not updated his address as required by Megan's Law is thought to be in or around Delaware County, according to state police. Eric Scott Jones, 45, no longer lives at the address he last provided in December 2019, said troopers in a release. Jones was convicted of third-degree rape and third-degree sodomy in Kentucky in 2002, according to the Pennsylvania Megan's Law website. He now faces felony charges for failing to re-register and is sought on an arrest warrant, state police said. Anyone with information is asked to call the PSP station…
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Former NJ Fire Chief Sentenced For Downloading 100+ Child Porn Images in PA
A retired New Jersey fire chief was found with 111 images and videos of child pornography downloaded onto his home computer in Plainfield, Pennsylvania, according to the Cumberland County District Attorney. Frank Edward Svitak, 65, was investigated after a cybertip was sent to the police when he initially began downloading the pornography, the DA explains. Judge Jessica Brewbaker has sentenced him to serve two to four years in a Pennsylvania state correctional institution. Once he is released, he will also be required to register with Megan's Law sex offender list, the DA stated…
Police & Fire
Repeat Child Rapist Heads To Prison In PA: DA
A Richland Township man convicted of sexually assaulting a child will spend up to the next two decades in prison, a Bucks County judge has ruled. Alex M. Soderback, 26, previously entered a guilty plea to charges of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a victim under 13 and rape of a child in May, said the Bucks District Attorney's Office. Common Pleas Judge Charissa J. Liller sentenced him to 11 to 22 years on Thursday, Sept. 14. He was also ordered to undergo mental health evaluation, receive sex offender treatment, and have no contact with the victim or any…
Police & Fire
PA Transgender Sex Offender Joins 'Most Wanted' List: Sheriff
A convicted sex offender, who is a biological female but now identifies as male, is wanted by police, according to a release on Aug. 14, 2023. Sarah Katilyn Bartlett of Gettysburg was convicted on January 22, 2016, of "solicitation of children to engage in sexual conduct," according to the Pennsylvania State Police Megan's Law registry. The offense date was 2015, and at the time Sarah identified as female and sometimes used the name Sarah Morreale as well as multiple spelling variations of her given name, according to the registry. As of June 26, 2023, Sarah was placed on 3…
Police & Fire
Child Rapist With Superhero Tattoos Wanted By PA State Police
Pennsylvania State Police are seeking a convicted sex offender who they say hasn't kept up on his registration requirements. Matthew Charles Ross, 37, of Lehigh Township, was convicted of sexual abuse of children and dissemination in February 2018, according to the state Megan's Law website. He is 5-foot-10 and 290 pounds with blue eyes and a bald head, troopers say. He has tattoos, including: A "Star Wars flame skull wizard hat" on his left arm Song lyrics, Vegeta from "Dragon Ball," and the superhero Deadpool on his right arm A face on his chest A heart on his right …
Lifestyle
Award-Winning Drag Queen, LGBTQ+ Advocate Joins Pennsylvania's Sexual Offender Registry
A once popular Drag Queen and beloved LGBT activist is now behind bars for the next 22 to 44 months after pleading guilty to 10 counts of child pornography. A 28-year-old Brice Williams, also known as the drag queen Anastasia Diamond, was caught uploading child pornography to Dropbox, authorities explained at the time of his arrest. Williams was an esteemed LGBT+ advocate who previously worked with Franklin County Coalition for Progress, and United Way of Franklin County, according to social media. The LGBT Center of Central PA awarded Williams a Rising Star Award in 2020, acco…
Police & Fire
Bucks Sex Offender Busted In Sting Operation, Say Authorities
A registered Megan's Law offender in Bucks County is in police custody after authorities say he tried to arrange a sexual encounter with a teenage boy. David Coles Sr., a 76-year-old Bristol resident, was arrested early Wednesday, March 1 in Bensalem, township police said in a statement. Coles, who in 1997 was convicted of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and aggravated indecent assault, first came under Bensalem police scrutiny last November when detectives found a profile he made on a dating site, the department wrote. At that time, authorities said he had exchang…
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Child Rapists, Abusive Dads, Deviant Boyfriends Wanted For Sex Offender Violations Across PA
Eight men who committed sex crimes are wanted for Megan's Law violations in Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Friday, February 17, 2023. Daily Voice has obtained court records and documents, as well as gathered details about the absconders so you can have a full picture of why it is so important to find them. Donald Troutman.Harrisburg Bureau of Police Donald Troutman, 51, of Allegheny County, was found guilty of multiple counts of incest and rape in 2007. He was released after serving 1,106 days or 36 months of a 60-120 month sentence in 2010, court records show. He has not regis…
Police & Fire
Sex Offender At-Large In Lancaster County
A reward is being offered after a known sex offender failed to register with the police. A tier three sexual offender, 28-year-old Francisco Morales-Pagan is wanted by Pennsylvania state police for violating Megan's Law. The Lancaster city resident is last known to have lived at 831 Saint Joseph Street. He is described as having brown hair and eyes, being approximately 5'6" tall, weighing 175 lbs., and has the following tattoos, scars, or markings as of Dec. 2020: Scar - wrist, left - inside of his wrist. Tattoo - arm, left (non-specific) -the letter "y" on inside the bicep.…
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Rapist Will Spend Quarter Century Behind Bars: Lancaster DA
A 52-year-old Columbia man has received a sentence for a rape "reserved for the worst of the worst," Assistant District Attorney Fritz Haverstick said in a release on Thursday, January 19. Steele Helton was found guilty of three felony counts: rape, involuntary deviant sexual intercourse, and sexual assault after a two-day trial on October 19, 2022. The charges were based on the following: "On January 27, 2021, the victim contacted Manor Township Police Department to report a sexual assault that occurred at a residence on Water Street in Columbia between 9:3…
Police & Fire
PA Man Went To Phillipsburg Hoping To Meet Teen — Charged With Attempted Sex Assault Instead
A 62-year-old Pennsylvania man allegedly thought an innocent teen would be waiting for him when he traveled to Phillipsburg to have a face-to-face meet-up after having sexual conversations online — but he was met instead with an adult just waiting to call the police and slap him with attempted child sexual assault charges. John Lore, of North 16th Street in Easton, was charged with second-degree attempted child luring, second-degree attempted child sexual assault, and attempted child endangerment, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a press release on Thursday, Oct. 27. Inves…
Police & Fire
Known Megan's Law Offender Attempts Child Kidnapping At PA Walmart, Police Say
Police are seeking clues on a known Megan’s Law offender who allegedly attempted to abduct a child at a PA Walmart. The man pictured above was seen pulling on a toddler in an attempt to remove them from a shopping cart while the parents were shopping at the Nazareth Pike store in Bethlehem Square Mall on Saturday, Oct. 15, township police said in a press release. The toddler cried to their parents, prompting the man to flee, according to police. A Walmart worker was made aware of the incident, however, the victims apparently left without providing their contact information. A follow-up in…
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man Sentenced For Trying To Buy Child Porn Off 12-Year-Old Girl: Authorities
A 25-year-old South Jersey man was sentenced to time behind bars for trying to purchase sexual images from a 12-year-old Massachusetts girl, authorities said. Nicholas D. Coffin, of West Deptford, was sentenced to 10 years in New Jersey State Prison and must serve five years before he's eligible for parole, Swansea Police Chief Marc Haslam said. Coffin is also under a no-contact order, subject parole supervision for life, Megan’s Law restriction, must pay restitution to victims, and is subject to fines. He was convicted in Gloucester County Superior Court of Endangeri…
Police & Fire
Wanted Sex Offender Jumped In The Susquehanna River While Fleeing From Police
The man rescued from the Susquehanna River was a sex offender fleeing from the police on Saturday, May 14, authorities say. Norman Thomas Senior, 47, of Harrisburg, first led the police on a bicycle chase when they attempted to arrest him on a warrant for violating Megan's Law by failing to register his address with state police near the intersection of North Front and Verbeke streets. Then he jumped into the river from the Market Street bridge around 12:15 a.m., authorities say. Firefighters were required to send mutual aid boats to rescue him, the Harrisburg Fir…
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NJ Transgender Family Used Daughter, 7, To Make Fetishized Porn (
Sentencing
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A mom and three accomplices were sentenced to a combined 67 years in prison for sexually abusing the woman's 7-year-old daughter to make "amateur, BDSM and taboo fetish" pornography in the child's New Jersey home, authorities said. Marina Volz (aka Matthew Volz, 32), Ashley Romero (aka Adam Romero), 28), Sean Allen, 54, and Dulcinea Gnecco, 21, were sentenced by Somerset County Superior Court Judge Peter J. Tober on Friday, May 6, Acting Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said. The investigation into the four began in January 2019, when an anonymous caller contacted the New Jersey Divis…
Police & Fire
PA Hospital Attempted Rapist Who Attacked Nurses While 'Dreaming' Gets Prison Time: DA
A Pennsylvania man who claimed to have woken up from a dream and been in a "blackout" when he attacked three nurses has been sentenced to up to 35 years in Pennsylvania state prison, authorities said. Christian Bonnette, 37, of Harrisburg, was convicted of attempted rape and three counts of aggravated assault for the Aug. 20, 2018, attack, according to the Dauphin County district attorney's office. Bonnette was at the hospital awaiting surgery on a broken jaw he sustained during a fight, the DA says. Bonnette lured a nurse into his room at the Hershey Medical Center and immediately be…
Police & Fire
Violent Philadelphia Area Sex Offender On The Loose After Prison Release: Police
A sex offender newly-released from prison is being sought by the Pennsylvania State Police, they said. Vincent Yant, 31, failed to update his Megan's Law information after being released from prison on March 7, State Police in Troop K said. Yant is registered as a sexually violent predator and has connections to Delaware County, Montgomery County and Philadelphia. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of YANT is asked to anonymously contact the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers Toll Free at 1-800-4PA-TIPS (8477) or online. All callers to Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers remain a…
Police & Fire
Bucks Sex Offender Gave Police Fake Address, Arrested For Violating Megan's Law: Authorities
A convicted sex offender was arrested for failing to register his home address under Megan's Law, authorities in Bucks County announced. Epifano Riberas had given police a completely made up address, Penndel police said. A search for Riberas began March 3, ahead of an upcoming trial for an unrelated incident, while authorities tried to verify his home address, Penndel police said. The Bucks County Park Rangers asked for help from Penndel police in verifying his address on a separate criminal charge, but attempts indicated the address did not exist at all, police said. Ribe…
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Cocaine Dealer Who Made Child Watch Porn Arrested For Megan's Law Violations: PA State Police
A former cocaine dealer who also served time for child endangerment— after he made a child watch porn— has been arrested for Megan's Law violations, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police and court records. David Dejesus Baker, 43, of Harrisburg, was sentenced to spend 21 months to seven years in state prison for third degree felony corruption of minors in 2019, Union County court records show. Baker had forced a 13-year-old child to "view sexual materials" in Kelly Township in June 2018, Northcentral PA reported in 2019 citing Pennsylvania state police in Milton. After…
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