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PA Sex Offender On 'Worst Teachers' List Caught Chatting Up Children On Snapchat, Police Say PA Sex Offender On 'Worst Teachers' List Caught Chatting Up Children On Snapchat, Police Say
PA Sex Offender On 'Worst Teachers' List Caught Chatting Up Children On Snapchat, Police Say A former high school teacher and registered sex offender has been caught chatting with children on Snapchat, according to a release by police. Andrew Eberhart, 24, of Lebanon, previously posed online as a woman with the user name "Jordynmatter" on Instagram in an attempt to gather sexually explicit photos of young boys, the Lebanon district attorney stated following a year's long investigation in 2020. Eberhart might be a year older, but apparently is no wiser as an investigation was started in December because he was thought to be back at it again, but this time he was using Snapchat. Leb…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Jersey Shore Man, 68, Who Used Facebook To Lure Young Out-Of-State Girl Gets 7 Years In Fed Pen Jersey Shore Man, 68, Who Used Facebook To Lure Young Out-Of-State Girl Gets 7 Years In Fed Pen
Jersey Shore Man, 68, Who Used Facebook To Lure Young Out-Of-State Girl Gets 7 Years In Fed Pen A 68-year-old Monmouth County man who lured an out-of-state girl to his home after posing as a young boy was sentenced Monday to a plea-bargained seven years in federal prison for getting her to send him pornographic images of herself. Local authorities had removed the child from the Union Beach home of Herman Christopher Jensen when the FBI began investigating his online activities. They soon learned that Jensen had assumed the identity of a 17-year-old boy named Kevin Bennett on Facebook “in order to entice and solicit [the girl] to send nude and sexually explicit images over the internet…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Operation Dunder Mifflin' Nets 9 Scranton Sex Offenders, US Marshals Say 'Operation Dunder Mifflin' Nets 9 Scranton Sex Offenders, US Marshals Say
'Operation Dunder Mifflin' Nets 9 Scranton Sex Offenders, US Marshals Say Nine sex offenders living in Scranton, PA were arrested in a multi-agency operation called "Operation Dunder Mifflin." The undercover sting pays homage to NBC's "The Office," which is set in a paper company called "Dunder Mifflin." While the paper company itself was fake, the operation was very real. The US Marshals Service (USMS) coordinated with the Scranton Police Department – supported by the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Megan’s Law Section – to verify the registered home addresses of 219 registered sex offenders living in and around Scranton between Aug. 2 and Sept. 17. Thirteen o…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Sex Offender Hired To Remove Bees Assaults 11-Year-Old Boy, Bucks DA Says Sex Offender Hired To Remove Bees Assaults 11-Year-Old Boy, Bucks DA Says
Sex Offender Hired To Remove Bees Assaults 11-Year-Old Boy, Bucks DA Says A man registered as a sex offender since last June inappropriately touched an 11-year-old boy living in a household that hired him to remove bees, authorities in Bucks County said. Jeffrey Todd Lukens, 61, of Buckingham Township, had been working as a contractor in the Newtown Township home, and invited the boy over to help him on Sept. 2, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. Lukens invited the boy to assist him, offering him a partial bee suit to wear to protect his face and upper body, according to a criminal complaint.  The boy was on a ladder and using a reciprocating…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Ex-Con Trucker Who Sexually Assaulted NJ Woman After PA Crash Gets 20 Years Ex-Con Trucker Who Sexually Assaulted NJ Woman After PA Crash Gets 20 Years
Ex-Con Trucker Who Sexually Assaulted NJ Woman After PA Crash Gets 20 Years A 41-year-old North Carolina truck driver who sexually assaulted a New Jersey woman cleaning out her car moments after a Pennsylvania crash was sentenced to up 20 years in prison, authorities said. Demetrice Herron approached the woman getting items out of her disabled car in a remote lot behind a garage after the crash on Oct. 19, 2018, the Dauphin County District Attorney's Office said. After making small talk, Herron pushed the woman into the wrecked car and sexually assaulted her, authorities said. The victim returned to New Jersey where she obtained medical treatment resulting in …

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by Cecilia Levine
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SENTENCED: Lebanon Foster Dad Made Child Porn With Dozens Of Children Over 10 Years SENTENCED: Lebanon Foster Dad Made Child Porn With Dozens Of Children Over 10 Years
Sentenced: Lebanon Foster Dad Made Child Porn With Dozens Of Children Over 10 Years For ten years dozens of children were placed in the home of a Lebanon man who sexually abused them and documented it in hundreds of photographs. Scott P. Thomas, 55, of the 900 block of Lilac Lane in Lebanon, pleaded no contest to charges of sexual assaulting children, multiple counts and charges for possession of child pornography, as well as a charge for possession of methamphetamine in Feb. 2021, according to court documents. The charges stemmed from an investigation following a police call to his home for a domestic dispute in Nov. 2019. It was during that visit to the home, officers …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Planned Sex With 15-Year-Old Jersey Shore 'Boy' Gets Admitted Predator Three Years Behind Bars Planned Sex With 15-Year-Old Jersey Shore 'Boy' Gets Admitted Predator Three Years Behind Bars
Planned Sex With 15-Year-Old Jersey Shore 'Boy' Gets Admitted Predator Three Years Behind Bars A confessed predator who was busted when he showed up for what he thought would be sex with a 15-year-old boy at the Jersey Shore was sentenced to a plea-bargained three years in prison. Robert Lisicki, 51, of Metuchen didn’t realize the person he’d been communicating with on social media was actually an undercover detective, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Lisicki planned meeting the “boy” for sex, even discussing the things he’d planned do to, Bruck said. Detectives who were waiting arrested Lisicki when he arrived at the planned location in Toms River, the attorney general…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Gut Wrenching': Jury Finds PA Man Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Relative 'Gut Wrenching': Jury Finds PA Man Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Relative
'Gut Wrenching': Jury Finds PA Man Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Relative A Dauphin County jury found a 34-year-old man guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage family member in 2019, following a two-day trial.  Michael Strunk, 34, was convicted of sexual assault (2 counts), indecent assault (3 counts), aggravated indecent assault, unlawful contact with a minor, and corruption of minors. Chief Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Gettle, who prosecuted the case, credited the “incredible strength of the victim. It was gut-wrenching to hear her talk about her victimization. "She was an extremely credible witness and the length of the jury deliberations…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Westchester Delivery Driver Gets Four Years In Prison For Seeking Sex With Bergen 'Girl,' 14 Westchester Delivery Driver Gets Four Years In Prison For Seeking Sex With Bergen 'Girl,' 14
Westchester Delivery Driver Gets Four Years In Prison For Seeking Sex With Bergen 'Girl,' 14 A takeout food delivery driver from Westchester who was arrested when he showed up at a Bergen County home for sex with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl was sentenced Friday to four years in state prison. Jacob Smith, 28, used the name “LaidbackJay” to connect on the online app with what turned out to be an undercover detective posing as an underage girl. Smith ended up becoming one of seven men from New York State taken into custody after travelling to the house being used by local and state authorities in what was known as “Operation Home Alone.” Before showing up, Smith “expressed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Harleysville Man Pleads Guilty To Sex Assault Of GF's Teen Granddaughter, Friend At Sleepover Harleysville Man Pleads Guilty To Sex Assault Of GF's Teen Granddaughter, Friend At Sleepover
Harleysville Man Pleads Guilty To Sex Assault Of GF's Teen Granddaughter, Friend At Sleepover A 54-year-old Harleysville man last week pleaded guilty to several charges including aggravated indecent assault and child endangerment stemming from a 2019 sleepover during which he harassed two teenage girls, NorthPennNow reports. Brian Sipko was at his girlfriend's house in Lower Salford Township the night her granddaughter and 13-year-old friend slept over, the outlet says citing police reports. The friend told police that Sipko put his hands inside her underwear and in her bra, and offered her $50 for oral sex. Sipko's girlfriend's granddaughter also told police that he "fanned ou…

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by Cecilia Levine
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US Marshals Nab Pair Of NJ Sex Offenders Together In PA, Prosecutor Says US Marshals Nab Pair Of NJ Sex Offenders Together In PA, Prosecutor Says
US Marshals Nab Pair Of NJ Sex Offenders Together In PA, Prosecutor Says A pair of New Jersey sex offenders wanted for incidents involving an 8-year-old boy and two girls ages 11 and 14 were found together in Pennsylvania, authorities said Saturday. U.S. Marshals and Task Force officers found Emanuel Cortez and Alberto Colon at a family member's house with two children in Summit Hill (Carbon County) PA, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said.  Cortez, 31, of East Orange, was released from confinement in May 2018 and had been missing from supervision since March 15, 2019.  An indictment charged him with escape,&nbs…

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by Cecilia Levine
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PA State Police Searching For Sex Offender Seen Following Teen Girls At DelCo Shopping Center PA State Police Searching For Sex Offender Seen Following Teen Girls At DelCo Shopping Center
PA State Police Searching For Sex Offender Seen Following Teen Girls At DelCo Shopping Center Pennsylvania State Police are searching for a registered sex offender who they say was seen following two teen girls at a Delaware County shopping center. Michael A. Migliaccio, 43, of Philadelphia, is a lifetime Megan’s Law registrant due to a rape conviction he was sentenced to in 2005, state police said. PA State Police received reports that Migliaccio appeared to be following and watching a 16-year-old girl and 18-year-old girl in the parking lot of a shopping center in Media on March 23, authorities said. Migliaccio is considered a wanted person in the National Crime In…

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by Nicole Acosta