A Port Authority bus driver accused of molesting a boy on his empty bus July 3 on Freeport Road will stand trial.
Anthony James Leffler, 52, of the Morningside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, faces misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment, indecent assault, endangering the welfare of a child and corruption of minors.
On Monday, prosecutors without comment dropped an unlawful restraint charge, a felony, against Leffler.
Leffler's attorney, Anthony Foglia, insisted yesterday that the remaining charges are a mistake because he says nothing improper happened.
In an affidavit, investigators said a Port Authority surveillance camera captured the incident.
Leffler's attorney said a judge and jury will treat the case differently when they see the tape.
"There is no illegal sexual conduct at all. There was no crime," Foglia said outside the courtroom.
Leffler "doesn't know what he did wrong," Foglia said.
An assistant district attorney declined comment yesterday.
The Valley News Dispatch does not identify people purported to be the victim of sexual assault.
The charges were held for court by District Judge David Sosovicka of Harmar.
Leffler is scheduled to be formally charged Oct. 1 in Allegheny County Court in Pittsburgh.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Charles Reynolds Arrested for Forcing 7-year-old to Perform Sex Acts
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa.
A Johnstown man forced a seven year old boy to give him oral sex, then threatened to shoot a witness if she told anyone, Johnstown police said.
62 year old Charles Reynolds faces a number of charges, including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, indecent assault, and corruption of minors.
Police said the assault took place Wednesday in Reynolds’ house in the city's Prospect Homes neighborhood. He reportedly made the victim give him oral sex. A woman was home at the time and saw what happened. She told police Reynolds threatened to shoot her if she told anyone.
Cambria county children and youth services learned of the case and contacted Johnstown police on Friday. Detectives went to Reynolds' home to question him about the assault.
Inside they found a handgun; several pellet guns and a taser. A resident at the home reported seeing Reynolds use the tazer on the 7 year old victim as well as his 5 year old brother.
Reynolds is a felon. In 1999 he was convicted on drug charges. As a result he's not allowed to have any firearms.
Reynolds was taken into custody early Saturday morning and arraigned on three felony and five misdemeanor charges.
Reynolds was lodged in the Cambria County jail on $100,000 bail.
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A Johnstown man forced a seven year old boy to give him oral sex, then threatened to shoot a witness if she told anyone, Johnstown police said.
62 year old Charles Reynolds faces a number of charges, including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, indecent assault, and corruption of minors.
Police said the assault took place Wednesday in Reynolds’ house in the city's Prospect Homes neighborhood. He reportedly made the victim give him oral sex. A woman was home at the time and saw what happened. She told police Reynolds threatened to shoot her if she told anyone.
Cambria county children and youth services learned of the case and contacted Johnstown police on Friday. Detectives went to Reynolds' home to question him about the assault.
Inside they found a handgun; several pellet guns and a taser. A resident at the home reported seeing Reynolds use the tazer on the 7 year old victim as well as his 5 year old brother.
Reynolds is a felon. In 1999 he was convicted on drug charges. As a result he's not allowed to have any firearms.
Reynolds was taken into custody early Saturday morning and arraigned on three felony and five misdemeanor charges.
Reynolds was lodged in the Cambria County jail on $100,000 bail.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Sex Offender Jose Ruiz Arrested for Sexual Abuse
Already serving 16 to 32 years in state prison and designated a sexually violent predator, Jose J. Ruiz is back in York County court, accused of sexually abusing three more young girls.
In 2007, a jury convicted Ruiz of rape of a child, involuntary deviated sexual intercourse with a child, aggravated indecent assault of a child, indecent assault and corruption of minors.
Testimony at that trial was that Ruiz, now 30, sexually assaulted one girl between ages 8 and 10 during an eight-month period in 2003 and 2004 in the city. The jury also convicted him of unlawful contact with another girl, between ages 9 and 10, in 2005 and 2006.
York City Police Detective Dana Ward testified Tuesday that, days before the 2007 trial began, three other young girls came forward with similar allegations of sexual abuse.
Charges -- including multiple counts of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault and corruption of minors -- filed after that investigation resulted in this week's trial in Common Pleas Court.
Before a jury Tuesday, Ward testified in graphic detail about the sexual acts Ruiz allegedly performed on the girls under threat and forced them to perform on each other.
First Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey Boyles rested his case Tuesday.
The trial was recessed until today after defense attorney Korey Leslie requested a Spanish translator for witnesses he intends to call.
In 2007, a jury convicted Ruiz of rape of a child, involuntary deviated sexual intercourse with a child, aggravated indecent assault of a child, indecent assault and corruption of minors.
Testimony at that trial was that Ruiz, now 30, sexually assaulted one girl between ages 8 and 10 during an eight-month period in 2003 and 2004 in the city. The jury also convicted him of unlawful contact with another girl, between ages 9 and 10, in 2005 and 2006.
York City Police Detective Dana Ward testified Tuesday that, days before the 2007 trial began, three other young girls came forward with similar allegations of sexual abuse.
Charges -- including multiple counts of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault and corruption of minors -- filed after that investigation resulted in this week's trial in Common Pleas Court.
Before a jury Tuesday, Ward testified in graphic detail about the sexual acts Ruiz allegedly performed on the girls under threat and forced them to perform on each other.
First Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey Boyles rested his case Tuesday.
The trial was recessed until today after defense attorney Korey Leslie requested a Spanish translator for witnesses he intends to call.
Friday, July 10, 2009
David Burnett Arrested for Posting Child Porn on MySpace
SEWICKLEY, Pa.
A Westmoreland County man is facing hundreds of counts related to child pornography, after he allegedly posted explicit photos on MySpace.
According to WTAE's news exchange partners at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, police said David Burnett, of Sewickley Township, uploaded pornographic photos of a 15-year-old girl to a MySpace Web Page.
According to the criminal complaint, Burnett used his cell phone to take pictures of the victim between January and July of last year. Police said he threatened to make the pictures public if she didn't do what he wanted.
Police said he eventually posted four photos on the victim's MySpace page, the Trib reported.
Burnett is facing more than 200 counts on charges which include sexual abuse of children, dissemination of child pornography, aggravated indecent assault and criminal coercion.
Jeannette District Judge Joseph DeMarchis set Burnett's bond at $25,000.
A Westmoreland County man is facing hundreds of counts related to child pornography, after he allegedly posted explicit photos on MySpace.
According to WTAE's news exchange partners at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, police said David Burnett, of Sewickley Township, uploaded pornographic photos of a 15-year-old girl to a MySpace Web Page.
According to the criminal complaint, Burnett used his cell phone to take pictures of the victim between January and July of last year. Police said he threatened to make the pictures public if she didn't do what he wanted.
Police said he eventually posted four photos on the victim's MySpace page, the Trib reported.
Burnett is facing more than 200 counts on charges which include sexual abuse of children, dissemination of child pornography, aggravated indecent assault and criminal coercion.
Jeannette District Judge Joseph DeMarchis set Burnett's bond at $25,000.
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