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Sexual abuse
Police & Fire
PA Scout Leader, Ex-Teacher Charged With Sex Assault Of Former Student: Prosecutors
A teacher is accused of sexually abusing his former student, according to the Delaware County District Attorney's Office. Keith Steininger, 68, of Upland Borough is being held in lieu of a $250,000 bond, prosecutors said. Investigators say Steininger, who was also a Boy Scout trooper leader, abused the victim for a period of two years between 2018 and 2020, when the victim was between 11 and 13. Authorities said Steininger was the victim's Boy Scout leader and former teacher at Girard College, a Philadelphia boarding school for children from families headed…
Police & Fire
PA Man Used Photo Of Son's Former Teacher In Soliciting Sex From 13-Year-Old, Affidavit Shows
Authorities have released chats between undercover officers posing as a 13-year-old girl and a Montgomery County man asking for sexual favors. Thomas Bowes, 39, of Lansdale, became the center of an investigation in October 2023, following a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce, according to the criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice. ** WARNING: The following news story contains disturbing and graphic information that depicts the sexual abuse of small children ** Montgomery County investigators created profiles on the social media app Whisper, and began engaging with…
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Man Admits To Filming Child Rapes In Multiple Counties, Lancaster DA Says
A man has admitted to raping a child in his care and filming it, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office announce on Monday, Jan. 8. On Wednesday, Jan. 3, Arturo Aleman, 47, of the 100 block of Green Street, Lancaster, admitted to raping a child in his care in Lancaster and Berks counties from 2016 through 2022. When the girl was just 14 years old she "disclosed the abuse to Lancaster City Bureau of Police Detective Jessica Higgins, who began her investigation in Oct. 2022," the DA explained. The abuse happened from when the girl was approximately 8 years old…
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Lawn Mowing Accident Kills PA Field Hockey Coach On The Run From Child Abuse Charges: Police
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
Victim Confronts Teacher From Bucks Who Abused Her Years After Romantic Relationship: Affidavit
At 26 years old, a woman is confronting her former New Jersey teacher who is accused of sexually abusing her 12 years ago, court documents show. Now, the same age as her abuser when they began a relationship, the victim told now-38-year-old Lydia Pinto this month she could never fathom doing what she did: Engage in a relationship with someone 14 or 15 years old, according to the affidavit obtained by Daily Voice. Pinto, of Newton, PA, was charged earlier this month with sexually abusing a former student. The victim, identified only as Jane Doe, was a freshman at Bridgewater-Raritan …
Police & Fire
Mini Golf Manager 'Engaged In Sex Acts' With Teen Co-Worker: PA State Police
A man who had worked with children at schools, church, and a mini golf course has been arrested on charges related to the sexual abuse of children, authorities announced on Tuesday, Nov. 21. David Preston Griffith, 28 of Strasburg Township, has only been under investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police for child sex abuse allegations since Oct. 2023, and although these cases can take years, video evidence and cooperation of the schools and the business where he worked help speed up the investigation. Griffith worked for Lancaster's Phoenix Academy and volunteered with Lampeter-Stras…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
PA Man Sought On Multiple Child Sex Abuse Charges: Troopers
Pennsylvania State Police are looking for a Northumberland County man wanted on several felony sex abuse charges. David George Glatfelter is charged with felony sexual assault on a person 11 or older, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person under 16, felony aggravated indecent assault, corruption of minors, child pornography, criminal use of a communications facility, and indecent assault of a person under 16, according to troopers. Police said the alleged offenses occurred at Glatfelter's Coal Township home over the last year. The 34-year-old is though…
Police & Fire
PA Robber Wanted For Child Sex Abuse Nabbed By US Marshals In MD
A York County, PA robber was caught by US Marshals in Northern Maryland — three months after a second child told authorities they were sexually abused by him. Anthony James Raimo, 35, of the 700 block of Harrisburg Pike, Dillsburg, was arrested on July 7 by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Washington County, MD Sheriff's Office, according to a release on Friday. Raimo had been under investigation by the Upper Allen Township Police Department since April for allegedly sexually abusing a child. During the investigation, police learned of the second victim and an ar…
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Jehovah's Witnesses Caught Sexually Abusing More PA Children, Prosecutors Say
Five men are accused of sexually abusing children in Pennsylvania, says the state Attorney General's Office. All five suspects and their alleged victims are members of Jehovah's Witnesses congregations, AG Michelle Henry said in a release dated Friday, July 7. The charges come just months after nine other Jehovah's Witnesses congregants were accused of similar charges in the Keystone State — four of them last October and five more in February, Daily Voice reported. The suspects range in age from 45 to 61, and all but one are Pennsylvania residents, according to the A…
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Predator Who Drove 2,700 Miles For Sex With Jersey Shore Girl, 14, Busted When He Returns: Feds
A predator from Louisiana who drove 2,700 miles roundtrip for sex with an underage Jersey Shore girl was captured when he flew back for more, federal authorities said. Spencer William-Wayne Caudle, 34, began grooming the 14-year-old victim through the Whisper app in April, a complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Trenton alleges. Although he expressed concern about ending up on TV's “To Catch a Predator,” Caudle drove to Toms River and “committed sexual acts on the victim” on May 27, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. Caudle left for home later that night, Seliling…
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 Babysitter Sexually Abused Child, Police Say
A 19-year-old babysitter in Bucks County is charged with indecently assaulting a child in her care, authorities say. Camryn L. Taylor of Quakertown surrendered to investigators on an arrest warrant on Friday, June 16, said Central Bucks Regional Police in a release. Detectives began investigating after they received a tip about sexual abuse involving a "sensitive-aged child," the department said. They later found evidence Taylor instructed the victim to make "inappropriate contact with (her)" in an area home "on several occasions during the past year," police claimed. "Ta…
Police & Fire
Trans Pedo Who Made Sadistic Sex Videos Of Daughter, 7, Moved To Infamous NJ Women's Prison
A transgender pedophile who produced sadistic sex abuse videos of her 7-year-old daughter has been housed since last summer in New Jersey's notorious women's prison along with her lover, state records confirm. Marina Volz, 34, originally was processed as a man and sent to serve a 25-year sentence at South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton. But a check of state records -- prompted by recent published reports -- found Volz listed at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility along with Ashley Romero, a 30-year-old transgender inmate herself who was convicted of participating in the abuse. New Jerse…
Police & Fire
NJ Man Sexually Abused Minor In Lehigh Valley Basement On New Year's, Police Say
A New Jersey man is accused of sexually abusing a child in the basement of a Lehigh Valley home last New Year's Eve. John R. Grossmith, 42, of Stewartsville, NJ, is charged with unlawful contact with a minor, indecent assault of a person under 13, and corruption of minors, Forks Township police said in a release. On Jan. 18, Northampton County Children, Youth and Family Services alerted the department to possible abuse involving Grossmith and a child in the township, police said. Investigators then uncovered evidence that, on Dec. 31, 2022, Grossmith "had unlawful sexual …
Police & Fire
PA Stepdad Who Watched Porn, Masturbated While Driving Daughter Gets Prison Time
A Chester County stepdad will spend up to five years behind bars for watching pornography and performing sex acts while driving his teen stepdaughter to work, say prosecutors. Joseph Schell, a 44-year-old Phoenixville resident, was previously convicted of indecent exposure, endangering the welfare of children, and corruption of minors in January, said District Attorney Deb Ryan in a release. The investigation began in March 2021, when Uwchlan Township police were alerted to potential abuse, the DA said. The 16-year-old victim told detectives that in 2020, while driving her t…
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Depressed Dad Confesses To Incest: York DA
A 33-year-old dad from Red Lion has admitted to raping a child he is related to, authorities say. Jeremy Nathaniel Fallbeck, was sentenced less than a month ago in connection with a federal child porn case— and now he has entered a guilty plea in another local case, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. He entered the guilty plea for rape by forcible compulsion, indecent sexual assault of a minor, and incest of a minor, according to a release by the York County DA on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. He has already been sentenced to over 23 years imprisonment— or 280 months to b…
Police & Fire
Bus Driver Sexually Assaults Student In Lehigh Valley, Police Say
A bus driver is accused of sexually abusing a student in the Easton Area School District, according to Palmer Township Police. Dean D'Amico, 64, of Mount Bethel, is charged with felony institutional sexual assault, corruption of minors, unlawful contact with a minor, and misdemeanor indecent assault, state court records show. Authorities claim D'Amico carried on an "inappropriate relationship with a juvenile student." He was working as a bus driver but not employed directly by the school district, police noted. Palmer Township police arrested D'Amico at his Mount Bethel home on…
Police & Fire
Former Bucks Cop Convicted Of Sexually Abusing Teen Boys Learns Sentence
The former Warminster police officer who was convicted of sexually abusing five boys will spend the next several decades behind bars, authorities say. James Carey, 54, will serve 24.5 to 55 years in prison, said Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a statement. Carey, during his tenure with the Warminster Township Police Department in the 1980s and 1990s, was a D.A.R.E. officer working with school students, a volunteer firefighter, and ran a "troubled youth" program, according to the DA. Prosecutors argued that Carey used these positions and his status as a…
Police & Fire
Bucks Man Arrested Following Child Porn Raid, Police Say
A Bucks County man is charged with multiple felony counts in connection with a child porn investigation, say authorities. Stephen. L. Sottolano, a 56-year-old Jamison resident, was arrested following a raid on his home on Friday, March 10, said Warrington Township police in a statement. Sottolano first appeared on investigators' radar in October 2022, during an investigation on child sex abuse material being shared in Bucks County, the department said. He was developed as a suspect in that probe, leading authorities to execute a search warrant at his home last Friday, pol…
Police & Fire
Kids Strangled, Burned, Tortured By Cruel Pennsylvania Aunt: DA
A 19-year-old Pennsylvania aunt is facing more than 200 criminal charges after authorities say she beat, burned and tortured the four children — three of whom were her nieces and nephews — she was living with over a period of years, authorities announced. Anais Munoz — who was being held in the Passaic County, NJ jail as of Tuesday, Jan. 24 — used a "wide range of implements" to exert control and fear over the four kids, who are currently between 7 and 13 years old, District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said. Munoz moved into the Chester family's home in 2020, and immediately began the a…
News
Maryland Man Traveled To New York For 'Relationship' With 13-Year-Old Pennsylvania Girl: DA
A judge sentenced a man after confessing to committing sex crimes with a minor “as intentional, premeditated, and planned as you can get," Assistant Lancaster County District Attorney Fritz Haverstick says. Mirza Ahmed, a 30-year-old from Catonsville, Maryland, began an "online relationship" turn real-life sexual relationship with a 13-year-old East Lampeter Township girl in 2020, the DA's office announced in a release on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Ahmed traveled to New York and then to Columbia, PA to pick up the girl and take her to a room at the Spruce Lane Lodge and Co…
Police & Fire
Deputy Fire Chief Molested 15-Year-Old Volunteer For Months In PA: Police Papers
A high-ranking firefighter in Delaware County is accused of courting, grooming, and inappropriately touching a 16-year-old volunteer for a period of months, according to the affidavit obtained by Daily Voice. Matthew Bateman, the 28-year-old Deputy Chief of the Folcroft Fire Company, is charged with institutional sexual abuse of a minor and more than a dozen related counts, state court records show. Police wrote in the affidavit that Bateman had carried on an increasingly inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy who was working as a junior firefighter with the company over a…
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania Teacher Accused Of Sending Explicit Photos To 15-Year-Old Boy (
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An elementary teacher in Berks County is in police custody, after authorities say he sent explicit photos to a 15-year-old boy he had been grooming for years. Ryan G. Blew, 24, of Sinking Spring, surrendered to county detectives on Wednesday, Nov. 16 after a warrant was issued for his arrest, said Berks District Attorney John T. Adams in a statement. Blew is listed as a second-grade teacher at Spring Ridge Elementary School in Wyomissing on the Wilson School District website. His employment status as of Wednesday was not immediately clear. Authorities said they began investigating Ble…
Schools
Berks County Teacher Charged With Sexual Assault Of 13-Year-Old Student: DA
A Berks County middle school teacher has been arrested on accusations he groomed a 13-year-old student, sending sexually explicit photos and videos online — and sexually abused them in his car on at least one occasion, authorities said. Michael J. Conner, 38, a teacher at Central Middle School in Reading, used social media to engage with the student — a relationship that eventually turned sexual in nature, the Berks County District Attorney's Office said in a statement on Monday, Oct. 17. The tip came to authorities last month from a Childline referral from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania…
Police & Fire
Coach At PA Christian Youth Center Accused Of Raping Teen, Soliciting Sex, Nudes From Minors
A basketball coach at a Christian youth center in Pennsylvania was arrested after he allegedly raped a teenager and solicited sex and nude photos from other minors, authorities said. Ameer Sutton-Best, 31, of Parkesburg, who volunteered at the Parkesburg Point Youth Center this summer, has been charged with rape, sexual abuse of children, corruption of minors, and related offenses, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. An investigation into Sutton-Best began on Aug. 10, when the faith-based center contacted Parkesburg police, accusing him of having "sexual co…
Police & Fire
Ex-PA EMS Chief Hit With New Charges After Second Hidden Camera Found, Authorities Say
A former EMS chief in Pennsylvania who used a hidden camera to record nearly a dozen victims — two of whom were minors — in the station's women's bathroom, will be facing additional charges after a second hidden camera was discovered inside his home, authorities said. Jason S. McCully, the former head of the Elverson-Honey Brook Area EMS department, was newly charged on Sept. 12, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Investigators have accused McCully, 39, of secretly recording two women, including a juvenile, on a hidden camera in the bathroom of his home on the 2900 …
Police & Fire
PA Teacher's Aide Who Had Child Porn, Sexually Abused Two Boys Learns His Fate
A teacher's aide in Pennsylvania who shared thousands of child porn files and sexually abused two boys over the course of several years was sentenced Thursday, Sept. 8 to 24 to 48 years in state prison, authorities said. Anthony Troupe, 34, of Bensalem, pleaded no contest in January to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, involuntary sexual intercourse with a person less than 16, possession of child pornography, and other related charges, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Troupe, who worked as a special education assistant at Hallowell…
Police & Fire
Berks County Man Charged With Raping Two Girls Over Course Of Several Years
A Berks County man was arrested on a slew of charges Wednesday, Aug. 17 for sexually abusing two girls over the course of five years, authorities said. James D. Fisher, 59, remained held Thursday, Aug. 25 in the Berks County Jail on an unrelated offense, the Berks County District Attorney's Office said. An investigation into Fisher began on Monday, July 11, after the Central Berks Regional Police Department received a complaint from two girls who claimed that they had been sexually abused by Fisher when they were seven years old, authorities said. The alleged sexual abuse happened bet…
Police & Fire
PA EMS Chief Recorded Women, Kids On Hidden Bathroom Camera, Authorities Say
A now-former EMS chief in Pennsylvania used a hidden camera to record nearly a dozen victims — two of whom were minors — in the station's women's bathroom over the course of seven months, authorities said. Jason S. McCully, 39, of Morgantown, was arrested Monday, Aug. 22, nearly three months after officers discovered a small camera hidden inside a toiletry bag on the restroom sink inside the Elverson-Honey Brook Area EMS building on Main Street in Caernarvon Township, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Elverson, PA – August 23- 2022 – Elverson Pa. Yesterday, we…
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Man Shot By Wife Over Allegations He Molested Kids At Her Daycare Facing Charges
An arrest warrant has been issued for the Maryland man shot by his wife in a Washington, DC hotel room over allegations he sexually abused at least three children at her daycare facility, authorities said. James Weems Jr., 57, of Randallstown, was shot by his wife, Shanteari Weems, after she confronted him over the alleged abuse in a room at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Monday, July 25, according to multiple reports. Officials had already begun an investigation into the allegations at the time of the shooting, Baltimore County police said. Weems, who owned Lil Kidz Kastle in…
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