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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Middlesex man is facing charges after he was caught allegedly talking to who he thought was a 15-year-old girl. Roger Palmer, 57, is facing felony charges including the criminal attempt of statutory sexual assault after allegedly engaging in text conversations with 814 Pred Hunters, who were pretending to be […]

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A New Castle man is facing charges after he was caught allegedly talking to who he thought was a 15-year-old girl. William Pacai, 59, is facing felony charges including the criminal attempt of statutory sexual assault after allegedly engaging in text conversations with 814 Pred Hunters, who were pretending to […]

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) – A Greene County man is in prison after he allegedly admitted to sending explicit photos, videos and messages to what he believed was a 14-year-old girl in Punxsutawney. Earnest Matiyasic III, 40, of Carmichaels is facing felony charges after allegedly going to meet a child for sex, according to a […]

CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — In Clearfield County, child predator cases are being dismissed due to Pennsylvania law and one group — “814 Pred Hunters” — hopes the laws can be changed. The 814 Pred Hunters have been acting as 15-year-old decoys online only to meet these alleged predators, confront them, and call the police […]

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (WTAJ) “It is what it is,” a phrase police said was used by a Tennessee man that was caught allegedly trying to meet what he thought was a teenage girl for sex in Pennsylvania. Arnold Brown, 67, of Mohawk, Tenn. was arrested and charged over the weekend when he showed up at a […]

CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A DuBois man pleaded guilty earlier this week after he was accused in October 2022 of bringing a baby with him to meet a teen for sex. Kyle Logan, 35, pleaded guilty on Monday, May 8 to a misdemeanor charge of corruption of minors. Seven other charges including unlawful contact […]

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ)– A Punxsutawney man is accused of traveling to the DuBois Mall to meet with a teenage girl and have sex with her, according to the charges filed. Robert Parsell, 47, was accused by 814 Pred Hunter members trying to meet what he thought was a 15-year-old girl at the mall and […]

CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Clearfield County man is facing felony charges after he was accused of attempting to solicit sex from a teenager online. According to court documents, members of the 814 Pred Hunters group reported to state police on Sunday, Feb. 19 that Kevin Huey, 33, of Rockton, was sending sexually explicit […]

CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A DuBois man is facing charges after a local group accused him of trying to meet a 15-year-old girl for sex. Ryan Sprague, 30, was arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 1 after a group called the 814 Pred Hunters approached him at a Sheetz along Brady Street, according to the DuBois […]

SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A man from Johnstown is facing numerous felony charges for allegedly trying to hook up with a girl he believed was 15 years old in Conemaugh Township. Trey Shank, 26, was texting who he thought was a 15-year-old girl named Nikki about wanting to have sex with her and wanting […]