12-Year-Old Escapes After Year Of Abuse At Hands Of Mom, Boyfriend: Lebanon County DA
A 12-year-old girl fled to a friend’s home with bruises, cuts, and a black eye after enduring more than a year of alleged abuse in Cleona, Lebanon County detectives announced on Monday, Sept. 22.
The girl told investigators that her mother’s boyfriend, Reagan Thach, repeatedly beat her with objects including a curtain rod, lamp, and phone charger cord, and forced her to write “sets” of phrases for hours, according to the District Attorney’s Office. When dissatisfied with her handwriting, he allegedly assaulted her again.
Her mother, Mai Tran, is accused of knowing about the ongoing abuse an…
7-Year-Old Son Found Tortured, Locked In Trunk Ending Ohio Amber Alert In Pennsylvania: Police
A 7-year-old Ohio boy was found tortured and locked in the trunk of a car in Pennsylvania, ending an Amber Alert issued in Brunswick, police announced on Sunday, Sept. 14.
The Brunswick Police Department in Medina County issued the Amber Alert late Sunday night for Ty’Juan Baymon, who had last been seen at his home wearing no shirt, unknown bottoms, and a gold chain necklace, according to officials.
Investigators said his mother, 32-year-old Tiarika Baymon, was wanted on charges in Ohio after authorities obtained a warrant detailing allegations of abuse, torture, and traumatic injuries. A v…
10-Year-Old Child Raped By Harrisburg Man, Denied Bail: Affidavit
A Harrisburg man is accused of raping a child during a months-long investigation, Lower Paxton Township Police detailed in a release obtained by Daily Voice.
Samuel Lee Gulliver, 36, was arrested on the 4700 block of Fritchey Street in Harrisburg, according to police. Court documents show he was charged with Felony Rape of a Child, Felony Indecent Assault, Felony Corruption of Minors, and Felony Unlawful Contact with a Minor.
The charges stemmed from allegations involving a 10-year-old victim, identified in the complaint as O.G., investigators detailed in the affidavit. Gulliver is accused …
Dad On PA's Most Wanted List For Incest, Child Rape Possibly In Allentown
A New Jersey native and father accused of repeatedly raping a child in Palmer Township remains on Pennsylvania State Police’s Top 10 Most Wanted list, authorities announced on Tuesday, Sept. 9.
Benicio Antoin Benifield, 39, of Newark, is charged with multiple felonies including aggravated indecent assault of a child, rape by threat of forcible compulsion, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person under 16, incest, corruption of minors, unlawful contact with a minor, and other related offenses, according to the Palmer Township Police Department.
The charges were filed in June 2022…
Allentown Child Rapist Who Faced 121 Years In Prison, Sentenced, Here's How Long He Got
An Allentown man convicted of raping a child for years has been sentenced — but not to the 121 years in prison he was facing, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan announced on Tuesday, Sept. 9.
Taron Dortch, 44, was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in state prison, followed by six years of probation, for sexually abusing a girl at multiple locations across Lehigh County, including a home in Allentown and an apartment in South Whitehall Township.
The abuse happened between 2019 and 2021, while Dortch was in a relationship with the girl’s mother. The victim was between 9 and 12 years o…
'Monster' Teacher Who Raped, Tortured Students At NY Boarding School Gets Decades
A onetime teacher at a private boarding school in upstate New York will spend decades in prison for torturing and sexually abusing children under his care.
Paul Geer, 58, of Hancock, was sentenced to over 27 years behind bars in Albany federal court on Thursday, Sept. 4, after a jury found he brought two children across state lines to sexually abuse them.
Geer worked at the Family Foundation School, more recently known as Allynwood Academy, from 1994 to 2001. The school shuttered in 2014 amid a wave of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse allegations dating back to the 1990s.
Evidence at …
5 Children Locked In 'Dungeon' With Feces-Covered Walls, No Beds By PA Parents: Officials
Five children were trapped in a locked room described as a “dungeon,” where authorities say they lived among filth, boarded-up windows, and no beds.
A Pennsylvania couple, James Russell Kahl and Carly Kahl, is accused of holding their children, ages five to 14, in “deplorable conditions” at a home in Redstone Township, Fayette County, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
The investigation began in early August after Children and Youth Services received a complaint about the family, authorities said. When troopers responded to the home with CYS, they discovered no beds, boarded-up windows…
