A former longtime youth skateboarding coach has been convicted of sexually assaulting six children, Philadelphia authorities said. Rodney Watkins, 55, was able to access his victims through Powerfulnailya, a skateboarding club he founded and ran, District Attorney Larry Krasner said in a Thursday news release. On Wednesday, Watkins pleaded no contest to charges involving six victims. .
EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) – An East Lempeter Township man was sentenced to 16 months to five years in prison after a human trafficking operation where he agreed to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex. The Lancaster County District Attorney’s office says Benjamin Gill, 24, pleaded guilty to counts of patronizing a victim of […]
WYOMING, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A suspended Luzerne County teacher was in court Tuesday where she waived her hearing for corruption of minors charges. Sarah Kester was charged on December 18 for allegedly purchasing, or offering to purchase, things like marijuana gummy bears, alcohol, and nicotine vapes for students. Kester was suspended without pay from […]
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A local man has been sentenced to 2 to 10 years in prison following a sting by the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Human Trafficking Task Force. Mervin King, 36, of the 1000 block of Reading Road in Narvon, pleaded guilty to two counts of patronizing a victim of human trafficking, two […]