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VA Man Who Came To PA For Sex With Child Stays For Prison Sentence: DA VA Man Who Came To PA For Sex With Child Stays For Prison Sentence: DA
VA Man Who Came To PA For Sex With Child Stays For Prison Sentence: DA A Virginia man who pleaded guilty in connection to traveling to Pennsylvania to have sex with a child has been sentenced, the Lancaster County District Attorney's office announced on Tuesday, Feb. 20.  Tanner Iskra, 38 of the 2100 block of Harpoon Drive, Stafford, VA, pleaded guilty in Sept. 2023 to attempted statutory sexual assault (11 years older), attempted corruption of minors, and criminal use of a communication facility, DA Heather Adams detailed in the release.  Iskra was sentenced to 11-23 months in prison, eight years of probation, and he must register as a sex offender …
Carnival Run By Sex Offender Has Pennsylvania State Police Searching For New Victims Carnival Run By Sex Offender Has Pennsylvania State Police Searching For New Victims
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 …
'Sexually Violent Predator' Sentenced For Making PA 6-Year-Old Girl's Life 'Nightmare': DA 'Sexually Violent Predator' Sentenced For Making PA 6-Year-Old Girl's Life 'Nightmare': DA
'Sexually Violent Predator' Sentenced For Making PA 6-Year-Old Girl's Life 'Nightmare': DA A diagnosed "sexually violent predator" who raped a girl for nearly a decade — turning her childhood into a "nightmare"— is heading to prison for up 87 years, the Lancaster District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, Feb. 8.  Miguel Morciglio-Figueroa, 42 of the 300 block of North Franklin Street, Lancaster City, raped a now 19-year-old woman starting when she was six until she was 15 years old, the DA's office detailed in the initial release and as Daily Voice previously reported.  During the trial, Morciglio-Figueroa was "determined to be a sexually violent p…
Sex Offender Who Lives In Lebanon Is Missing: Pennsylvania State Police Sex Offender Who Lives In Lebanon Is Missing: Pennsylvania State Police
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…
Sexually Violent Predator Charged With Raping Child In Lebanon County — Again Sexually Violent Predator Charged With Raping Child In Lebanon County — Again
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 …
NY Sex Offender Who Absconded Wanted By Pennsylvania State Police NY Sex Offender Who Absconded Wanted By Pennsylvania State Police
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…
'American Cultures' Hershey Teacher, Camp Hill Dad Admits To Uploading Child Porn To Kik 'American Cultures' Hershey Teacher, Camp Hill Dad Admits To Uploading Child Porn To Kik
'American Cultures' Hershey Teacher, Camp Hill Dad Admits To Uploading Child Porn To Kik The former eighth-grade "American Cultures" teacher at Hershey Middle School, Arthur "Art" Neal Titzel has pleaded guilty and been sentenced after being caught uploading videos of child pornography to the social media app Kik, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  The 53-year-old from Camp Hill is "a teacher of American history interested in the many stories that tell us who we are and where we came from," according to one of his many social media accounts. Apparently, social media is what got him in trouble as the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office charged hi…
NY Sex Offender In Harrisburg Caught With Child Porn: PA State Police NY Sex Offender In Harrisburg Caught With Child Porn: PA State Police
NY Sex Offender In Harrisburg Caught With Child Porn: PA State Police A 57-year-old sex offender from New York has been caught with child porn in Pennsylvania.  James Dale Blankenship was convicted of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in 1995, according to the New York Sex Offender registry.  After serving six months in a Jamestown City jail he was released to serve five years of probation, the NY records show.  After moving to Pennsylvania in the early 2000s he was caught failing to register as a sex offender and making related violations a few times, serving time in Pennsylvania prisons, according to court records with the state. &nbs…
Oklahoma Child Sex Offender Escapes Pennsylvania Prison: State Police Oklahoma Child Sex Offender Escapes Pennsylvania Prison: State Police
Oklahoma Child Sex Offender Escapes Pennsylvania Prison: State Police A registered sex offender convicted in Oklahoma has escaped from police in Pennsylvania — again.  Dave Luther Kendrick, 35, original of Stillwater, Oklahoma escaped the Keystone Correctional Facility located at 7201 Allentown Boulevard, West Hanover Township, Dauphin County, by going to a doctor's appointment, according to a release by the Pennsylvania State Police on Oct. 2.  He had taken a photo for the Megan's Law Registry on July 25, and 26, and listed the facility as his home address. On Aug. 10, he was allowed to leave to go to UPMC Osteopath Hospital and he never retur…
Twice Convicted PA Sex Offender Caught With Child Porn On Twitch, Police Say Twice Convicted PA Sex Offender Caught With Child Porn On Twitch, Police Say
Twice Convicted PA Sex Offender Caught With Child Porn On Twitch, Police Say A twice-convicted child sex offender has been found with child porn — again, police say.   Brandon Scott Dasilva, 29, of Ephrata was detected with child pornography on an email account traced to Twitch— a popular live-streaming site typically used for gaming, police announced on June 1, 2023.  Ephrata Borough police linked the Twitch account to the email used by Dasilva after receiving a tip about the email account from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2022.  "Ephrata Police Detectives and the Lancaster County Computer Crimes Task Force ser…
MA Sex Offender Assaults Officer After Fleeing PA Wawa In Limo, Police Say MA Sex Offender Assaults Officer After Fleeing PA Wawa In Limo, Police Say
MA Sex Offender Assaults Officer After Fleeing PA Wawa In Limo, Police Say A 37-year-old sex offender from New England allegedly assaulted a police officer while fleeing from a disturbance at a Wawa in Lancaster, PA, authorities announced on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.  Nathan Daniel Taylor was supposedly causing an unknown "disturbance" at the Wawa located at 2132 Lincoln Highway on April 9, 2023, East Lampeter Township police explained.  He suspect fled in a black 2002 Cadillac Limousine— but police spotted him drive with a burned out headlight in the 2100 block of Lincoln Highway East at 3:53 a.m., according to the release. Officers attem…
Child Sex Offender Escapes Lebanon Hospital, Police Say Child Sex Offender Escapes Lebanon Hospital, Police Say
Child Sex Offender Escapes Lebanon Hospital, Police Say A 47-year-old convicted sex offender escaped from police custody at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon city police announced in a release on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Ryan Matthew Moyer fled from his hospital room "where he was being guarded by officers from Lebanon County Correctional Facility," on March 25, 2023, police say.  The reason Moyer was in the hospital was not released.  Moyer is a registered sex offender since 2001 for "indecent liberties with a child." In 2021, he was taken back into police custody after he failed to register as a sex offender with Pennsylvania…
Lititz Man Who Faced Up To 339 Years In Jail Gets Much Lighter Sentence: DA Lititz Man Who Faced Up To 339 Years In Jail Gets Much Lighter Sentence: DA
Lititz Man Who Faced Up To 339 Years In Jail Gets Much Lighter Sentence: DA A 339-year sentence, for what? Well, Melvin Riehl Petersheim, 49, of Lititz, has admitted to raping children and on March 21, 2023 he got his final sentence.  Petersheim, who ironically lived on Integrity Drive, had been charged with raping and sexually assaulting four victims spanning from 2012 until 2021. Petersheim pleaded guilty to 27 charges Wednesday, according to the district attorney. The charges stem from a child welfare report sent to the Manheim Township police department by the Lancaster County Children & Youth in Nov. 2021. Interviews confirmed numerous instants of ab…
Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say
Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say A 52-year-old convicted rapist snuck into a Penn State University bathroom and filmed a student's "genitalia" on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Registered sex offender Mark Alonzo Williams also assaulted the student after he confronted him about the phone in  HUB-Robeson Center bathroom, Penn State University police explain in the affidavit of probable cause.  The student was using a bathroom stall on the ground floor of the HUB around 5 p.m. when he saw that Williams was in the stall next to him with “his cell phone positioned…
Brother Of Wanted Man, Son Of Registered Sex Offender Arrested After Standoff In Lower Paxton Brother Of Wanted Man, Son Of Registered Sex Offender Arrested After Standoff In Lower Paxton
Brother Of Wanted Man, Son Of Registered Sex Offender Arrested After Standoff In Lower Paxton The younger brother of a wanted man and son of a registered sex offender has been arrested following a standoff on Tuesday, Jan. 3, authorities say. Nofil Gulfam Swati, 26, had called 911 after a threat posted on social media was causing concern, according to a release around 6 p.m. by the Lower Paxton Township police.  When they arrived at the home in the 2400 block of Kensington Way around 9:30 a.m. and approached the front door, an officer heard "what sounded like a gunshot inside the home," as stated in the police release.  Officers surrounded the home and made contact with the only p…
Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say
Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say A 28-year-old registered sex offender injured a police officer during a tussle in Lititz, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, authorities say.  Derek Alan Manz fled before Lititz Borough police responded to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance at a home in the 400 Block of West Marion Street at 6:12 p.m., according to a release by the department.  Upon arrival, a woman told them that Manz assaulted and choked her. Her injuries were non-life-threatening, according to the police.  That wasn't the last officers heard about Manz that evening, around 9:37 p.m., a Lititz Borough officer noti…
Queens Livery Driver Who Travelled To Cape May For Sex With Underage Girl Gets 19½ Years Queens Livery Driver Who Travelled To Cape May For Sex With Underage Girl Gets 19½ Years
Queens Livery Driver Who Travelled To Cape May For Sex With Underage Girl Gets 19½ Years A livery driver who traveled more than 300 miles roundtrip between his Queens home and Cape May for sex with an underage girl was sentenced to 19½ years in federal prison. Richard Gabriel Piedra Ordonez, 37, must serve out just about all of the plea-bargained sentence because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Piedra pretended to be 19 when he began communicating with the under-16 girl on Snapchat and other social media and messaging platforms, U.S. Attorney Phillip Sellinger said. Over the next several months, by his own admission, Piedra drove to New Jersey for sex and twice…
Sexually Violent PA Predator Created 'Living Hell' For Children Heads To Prison For 155 Years Sexually Violent PA Predator Created 'Living Hell' For Children Heads To Prison For 155 Years
Sexually Violent PA Predator Created 'Living Hell' For Children Heads To Prison For 155 Years A 52-year-old Pennsylvania man who created a "living hell" for five children under the age of 14, is heading to jail for 63 ½ to 155 years, according to the Lancaster County district attorney's office. Gustavo A. Rendon, of the 100 block of East Main Street, New Holland, was cross examined by a licensed psychologist who determined he was a sexually violent predator, according to the release by the DA's office. Pennsylvania state police were first made aware of the abuse after one of the victims initially reported it to a state senator’s staff, according to the district attorney's office. R…
PA Man On Probation Busted With Child Porn, Authorities Say PA Man On Probation Busted With Child Porn, Authorities Say
PA Man On Probation Busted With Child Porn, Authorities Say A 36-year-old man on probation for promoting child pornography in Maryland two years ago was arrested again on similar offenses in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Eric Albitz, of Upper Pottsgrove, PA, had 37 pictures and videos of child pornography on his cell phone of girls as young as 8 years old, they said. Detectives with the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office found the content during a warranted search of his Snyder Road home in Jan. 2022 after they had linked his IP address to a Snapchat account that had uploaded a video of suspected child abuse in Sept. 2021. The investiga…
PA Dad Found With More Than 1K Images Of Child Pornography: USDOJ PA Dad Found With More Than 1K Images Of Child Pornography: USDOJ
PA Dad Found With More Than 1K Images Of Child Pornography: Usdoj A central Pennsylvania father has pleaded guilty to possession of more than 1,000 images of child pornography-- mainly of children ages 7 to 13, according to a release by the US Department of Justice. Daniel Lee Boose, age 39, of Gettysburg, has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson on Jan. 21, according to the release. Boose pleaded guilty to possession and was also ordered to register as a sex offender and serve 10 years of supervised release following his release from prison, according to the USDOJ. Boose is the father of a you…
Central PA Man Who Raped 5-Year-Old Caught On Video Uploaded To Google Drive: DA Central PA Man Who Raped 5-Year-Old Caught On Video Uploaded To Google Drive: DA
Central PA Man Who Raped 5-Year-Old Caught On Video Uploaded To Google Drive: DA A central Pennsylvania man is heading to prison after videos and photos of him raping a 5-year-old surfaced on a Google Drive, according to the Lancaster County district attorney's office. John F. Henry, 37, of the 400 block of Pearl Street in Lancaster, was sentenced to serve 37 ½ to 76 years in prison after pleading guilty to 15 charges including rape of a child by Lancaster County Judge Donald Totaro on Dec. 29, according to the release. Henry not only raped and sexually assaulted the young child but used his personal email to upload the images and videos to Google Drive and Google Phot…
Pedophile Gets 50 Years, No Parole, For Soliciting Child Porn From Female Facebook 'Friends' Pedophile Gets 50 Years, No Parole, For Soliciting Child Porn From Female Facebook 'Friends'
Pedophile Gets 50 Years, No Parole, For Soliciting Child Porn From Female Facebook 'Friends' A registered sex offender was sentenced Friday to 50 years in federal prison for getting women he met on Facebook to take and send him sexually explicit photos of pre-teens and even infants. Because there's no parole in the federal prison system, Lorenzo Johnson will have to live to 83 to see freedom again, under the sentence imposed by a U.S. District Court judge in Indiana. Johnson, 33, of Hammond, IN took his chances at a trial rather than accept a plea deal from the government. Jurors, in turn, convicted him in August of two pornography-related counts as well as with being a convicted f…
NFL Great Lawrence Taylor Busted For Sex Offender Reporting Violation NFL Great Lawrence Taylor Busted For Sex Offender Reporting Violation
NFL Great Lawrence Taylor Busted For Sex Offender Reporting Violation New York Giants Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor was charged in Florida with failing to register as a sex offender, according to multiple news reports. TMZ Sports broke the news that Taylor, 62, was booked and released by the Broward County Sheriff's Office late Thursday. Taylor was listed as a sex offender a decade ago after admitting he had sex with a 16-year-old girl who he said he thought was 19. As a registered sex offender, he must alert law enforcement to any changes in his living situation. Taylor retired in 1993 with 132.5 sacks, two Super Bowl rings, 10 selections to the …
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…
Somerset Man Who Flew To Philippines For Sex With Minor Sentenced To 9 Years In Fed Pen Somerset Man Who Flew To Philippines For Sex With Minor Sentenced To 9 Years In Fed Pen
Somerset Man Who Flew To Philippines For Sex With Minor Sentenced To 9 Years In Fed Pen A Somerset County man who flew to the Philippines to have sex with a minor he met online is headed to federal prison for nine years. James A. Diggs, 45, of Somerville, told a U.S. District Court judge earlier this year that he used a messaging app to “persuade, induce, entice, and coerce” the victim into having sex with him during what became an October 2018 visit to the Southeast Asian country. He headed there out of JFK Airport in Queens at least seven times over four years, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachel A. Honig said. Rather than go to trial, Diggs took a deal from the gove…