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Subscribe to RSSFormer Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested Wednesday at his home in State College, Pa., on new sexual abuse charges involving boys. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
Updated at 4:55 p.m. ET: Joe Amendola, Jerry Sandusky's attorney, says in a statement to NBC News: "We are working on posting bail and anticipate the necessary documents and materials will be brought to the judge in the morning and we anticipate having Jerry released sometime tomorrow."
Updated at 3:50 p.m. ET: Jerry Sandusky has been taken to a Pennsylvania county jail after he was unable to post $250,000 bail in cash, The Associated Press reports.
Original post: Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested Wednesday at his home in State College, Pa., on new sexual abuse charges involving boys.
Authorities showed up in four unmarked cars to detain Sandusky, NBC News reported. He was out on bail from his initial arrest almost a month ago on charges of sexually abusing young boys; bail on the new charges was set at $250,000.
"Today's criminal charges were recommended by a statewide investigating grand jury, based on evidence and testimony that was received following the initial arrest of Sandusky on November 5," Attorney General Linda Kelly said in a statement.
At that time, Sandusky was charged with sexually assaulting eight boys, all of whom first met Sandusky as children through The Second Mile, an organization that he founded to operate programs for disadvantaged young people.
Kelly said the latest criminal charges follow grand jury testimony from two more young men, identified as Victim 9 and Victim 10, who were allegedly targeted by Sandusky when they were children.
"As in many of the other cases identified to date, the contact with Sandusky allegedly fit a pattern of 'grooming' victims," Kelly said, "beginning with outings to football games and gifts; they later included physical contact that escalated to sexual assaults."
Read the full criminal complaint (.pdf)
According to the grand jury, Victim 9 first encountered Sandusky about 2004, while participating in a summer camp organized by The Second Mile, when he was 11 or 12 years old. Sandusky allegedly approached the boy, engaged him in conversation and expressed an interest in spending more time with the child.
Alleged Sandusky victim says screams for help went ignored (.pdf — graphic detail)
The victim's story echoes those heard by the grand jury earlier, according to Kelly's statement.
Sandusky allegedly gave the boy gifts and money and took him to Penn State University football games.
"Later, the grand jury found that during overnight stays at Sandusky's home, behavior such as hugging, rubbing, cuddling and tickling — initially viewed as acts of affection — escalated to sexual assaults," Kelly's statement said.
According to the grand jury report, victim 9 testified that while staying with the Sanduskys he was instructed to sleep in the basement, where Sandusky forced him to into oral and anal sex. On at least one occasion, the victim testified, he screamed for help, knowing that Sandusky's wife was upstairs, but no one ever came to help him.
"Additional sex acts were allegedly performed in the swimming pool and Jacuzzi of a hotel in the State College area, at times when the pool area was not occupied,"
Sandusky's attorney, Joe Amendola, issued a statement on the arrest of his client.
"I'm very disappointed by the latest tactics of the Attorney General's Office by going to Jerry's house unannounced without so much as giving me a courtesy phone call as his attorney," the statement said. "I had to hear about it from the media. We've always offered to turn him in if there were new charges."
As Sandusky was escorted from his home Wednesday, he declined to answer questions.
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Good and now that the judge that had direct ties to him has been removed, bail should be denied. That judge should be arrested too.
Cara-2028447....WOW...you found plenty of stories to post the same comment on today....I keep seein' it !!.... BLAGO, Lohan, now Sandusky.....
i got a question. what if the guy is taking a poop or something. this is mad stupid how they show up like that. just ask sandusky to turn himself in. sandusky looks well dressed. im but naked right now on my laptop laying down. would they give you a chance to put some clothes on??? sandusky deserved to be arrested while pooping but what if they did that to someone innocent? more importantly what if the person was injured, like broken back and there are no signs of him being injured??? you know how painful it would be to make him even get up???? thats my fear. the system needs to change. thats mad stupid they just show up like that. but sanduskcy should of being arrested while pooping and not givin a chance to clean up lol.
Now, to this story....It's about time....and he will no longer face his JUDGE friend/Charity supporter that released him last time....and will be remanded to jail to await trial by the new Judge assigned to his case....
Oh Krap....I just thought of something.....he might like it in the showers in jail..... A bunch of beefcakes fresh from the Weightroom ????......What kind of punishment will this be ???
or the previous judge s/b debarred.
I'm not sure how he ever got out given the nature of what he was accused of?!? Was the Catholic Church somehow involved with his release???
Hey, NewtISaPIG -- I LOVE your name!
Before we have any more comments about bending over in the shower and Sandusky's destiny with his cellmate "Bubba" please consider a proactive solution. The reality is many men in prison were sexually abused as children. That's why Bubba hates pedophiles. Those who advocate a "let Bubba take care of him" attitude are simply heaping one broken man on another. Thanks to feminists and media indoctination, the only public awareness regarding childhood sexual abuse was to stop it against "women and girls" and to use "Perverted Justice" to do it.
Very little concern was given to the fact that as many boys are abused as girls. There is a new organization dedicated to public awareness of male sexual assault victims and the fact that females are perpetrators in as many as 30% of intrafamilial cases. Fines wife admitted to having sex with the boy in the recorded conversation. Sandusky's wife had to have known and let it go with tacit approval.
With more public awareness boys will be more likely to speak up to stop the abusers or at least begin to heal themselves. Maybe then Bubba wouldn't have ended up so messed up. For anyone interested in helping contact the Luna Foundation:
@ Toysoldier: MediaHound on December 4, 2011 at 12:17 pm said:
Male Abuse Awareness Week December 1-8, 2011
http://help4guys.org/
A New Awareness Campaign is Being Held to Help Abused Boys and Young Men
An awareness campaign has been launched by the P. Luna Foundation, called “Male Abuse Awareness Week” every December 1st through the 8th. Scheduled the first week of December, this campaign shines light on the neglected cause of abused males during the holiday season when statistically domestic tensions rise. All forms of child abuse are considered in this effort.
http://news.yahoo.com/awareness-campaign-being-held-help-abused-boys-young-110052886.html
Thanks to media exclusion no one heard about Male Abuse Awareness Week this year. Esprcially with all the Sandusky-Syracuse hype. Let's hope they get on it for next year. I suggest they start immediately.
Good! Finally the victims can see at least that the authorities are taking this serious. This scumbag was going around as if nothing had happened. He needs to be in prison without bail.
ok sir, now your new bond hearing will be in a bit. Your friend has been removed as a possible Judge in the case and is being reviewed by the state's judical review board. You'll need to change into this County Jail jumpsuit, sorry all we have is Hot Pink and all of the protective Custody Cells are being painted, so you might want to reconsider wearing the tightie whities. We did let the general population know that you were coming so that they could make sure to take time out to get to know you. We are all going to have our lunch break now, please scream if you need anything.
Vito ... "OK", that's the best you can come up with? Why not just say "First", that's what you were after.
Ok everyone.
Let's hope this predator, Sandusky, gets the book thrown at him--
He IS guilty you know.
"What comes around, goes Around"; he will get his "Just Desserts" in Prison. Prisoners will either do the same thing to him, or find a way to do away with him. It's going to be rough in there when it happens. Not a death wish, but true, cold, facts of Pedophiles that enter prison.
Many prisoners themselves have been victims of sexual child molestation---
What is your problem? yeah, Catholic priests have sexually assaulted minors, but that doesn't mean that you have to beat down on ALL of them...
"I'm very disappointed by the latest tactics of the Attorney General's Office by going to Jerry's house unannounced without so much as giving me a courtesy phone call as his attorney," the statement said. "I had to hear about it from the media. We've always offered to turn him in if there were new charges"
To the lawyer and posters who agree with him when he stated the above: why should he be any differeant than anyone else the feds or local cops ambush in their own homes in the middle of the night. a marine was shot to death (literally overkill) in front of his wife and very young child when the feds busted in his door hoping to find evidence that he was selling marijuana. in Columbia MO a year or two ago the cops busted in the door of a family in the middle of the night only giving them seconds to respond to their knocks before doing so, again for marijuana and they found close to nothing. they immediately shot and killed the family's dogs without any warning whatsover, also in front of the young son. but Sandusky you think should be called ahead of time out of courtesy? he's lucky he is "white collar" or they would have knocked him to the ground and shoved his face into the floor before even announcing he was under arrest. I'm sick of people with money getting treated differently than the rest of us....even when they commit horrendous crimes. and as far as his lawyer saying he offered to turn him in if there were any new charges...i'm sure all the other perps out on bail that then went on to skip bail and disappear forever made out like they were going to cooperate too. And Sandusky is someone with the money to disappear if he wanted to so why should they give him the chance to run? I feel no sympathy whatsoever over the fact they did not "warn" him or his lawyer ahead of time. I would however feel sympathy for the boys and their families if they were not given the justice they deserve because he fled. that is why i totally agree with how he was arrested. if you ask me, he still got a much "nicer" arrest than most.
RevSpinnaker @ #1.9, fact of the matter is, about the lowest caste in prison is the pedophile, even below crooked cops. Long term prisoners have their own sense of justice and someone like Sandusky would/will not be treated well in such a community.
$250,000 bail, per a Collegian reporter's tweet. He'll wear an electronic device and can't come on PSU's campus.
That seems...low.
Why wasn't this piece of work in jail already?
He was out on bail, set by a Superior Court Judge that was a friend of his. Imagine that!
Right you are Dragonass ... er, Lizardtail. She had better recuse herself this time if he's to appear before her
Wrong. He wasn't "out on bail" because the judge, a clueless friend of his, didn't think his case required bond, much less monitoring, so he was just out. Hopefully the court won't make the same mistake again.
She better recuse herself...and now!
Good. Now this time please put in a 'no bail option' and make him sit in jail till the trial.
Recuse herself? She should be removed from her post as a Superior Court Judge, disbarred, and prohibited from ever practicing law of any sort ever again. If ANYONE should be held to the highest standards of conduct, it should be those who as a profession sit in judgement of others!!!
Judge Who Freed Sandusky On Unsecured Bail Raised Campaign Funds From Board Members Of Sandusky’s Charity
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Every time we see this dude he's [video link] still wearing Penn State gear. He's gonna be in jail for the rest of his life with the lawyer he's got. Good to see it start now.
I believe that he was released on an 'UNSECURED BOND', meaning that he posted no actual money - he did not have to post any money as any member of the 99% would have. One good thing now, he will have to appear before a specically assigned Judge - who is not beholding to Penn. State, or JoPa - and tis man will have to finally start facing the criminal justice system that the rest of us would have to face. Sandusky will have to sit in jail until he posts an honest to god true and reasonable bond / which should be SUBSTAINTIAL considering the fact that with every day that passes we have more and more victims, and now that we know that he may have tried to influence some victims testimoney prior to them appearing before the initial grand jury. HE IS A FLIGHT RISK and really should be HELD WITHOUT BOND!!!
Robert1727, insightful and informative post, thanks!!
I actually knew this. Was just wondering how many other people were paying attention out there. I agree it is good to see the process has actually started and this guy is on his way to a lifetime of soap on a roap. Hopefully he have a really big, equally amorous cell mate.
@Retired SFC,
I think partly because the judge was a buddy...Go figure.. I've always wondered how these kinds of people never think that these young men are going to grow up..
cuz the goverment likes real criminals and pedophiles. half the cops i bet are pedophiles themselves so sandusky cool with them. same can be said why isnt sheriff joe or jan brewer in jail yet. why are known criminals get light senteces while so many innocent ppl in jail for life or death cuz they are too poor? well atleast sandusky is in jail now. americas system is very unfair so thats why sandsucky been a free man for a month even tho they know what this sick pedophile did. they are to busy handling non violent or victimless crimes like drugs or pee on the street.
I thought the same thing.....Does this guy ever change clothes?
Save the taxpayers money, send this devil to Yemen.
They know what to do with pedophiles.
yuck
It's about time!
start searching this squirrel's computers, too.
He's had plenty of time to dump his computer contents. Maybe worth looking-with todays technology maybe they can still find incriminating evidence.
The 00000's and 11111's will tell stories even after you wipe a drive or move its contents.
There is still information there unless he was technologically savvy enough to really wipe his computer correctly... I doubt it highly...
@swschrad,
Good Point.. Might just find some pic's of that squirrel's nuts in there??
The only way is to take the hard drive and deep six it. Or for that matter the whole computer. And his lawyer should put a piece of tape over his mouth. You don't get out of a hole by digging deeper.
Re arrested?How many times are you going to arrest this piece of dog crap.I think once is enough.
By re-arresting him, he will now appear before a specially assigned Judge who can now correct the embarrasing fact that he was released on an 'unsecured bond' - and finally take all issues in to account, determine that he is a flight risk and set the bond extremely high, or possibly order him held without bond.
All things considered, the Judge would be well within his rights and authority to order him held without bond - especially sice it is now known that he may have attempted to influence some victim's testimoney before the initial grand jury.
Gloria, your reference to him as 'dog crap' is actually being very kind and easy on him. They wouldn't print my thoughts as to what he truly is. I admire your ability to restrain yourself to something that can be printed.
@gloria,
He's got several more to go before he's even close to Lindsey Lohan..
now!!! this P.O.S. should go to jail like you or i would have to do..lets see what happens???????
The US could help fix its economic woes by selling lottery tickets for a chance to punch this mofo in his stupid looking face. I'd pay $10 for a chance.
Broke as I am right now, I'm in!
I'd pay more to punch him elsewhere...
I am in!! $20 for a kick in balls!! This as****e deserves a good ol fashion prison gang rape!! That should be mandatory for child predators. Lowest form of subhuman s**t on the planet
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Ah darn it! Newt was gonna make him his VP!
He is really more a Barney Frank type...a democrat....
David-1023706.......yo mama....
Nope. Totally a republican.
Once again, the right wing trying to put one their pervert up as a Democrat. SANDUSKY AND PATERNO ARE BOTH REGISTERED REPUBLICANS AND HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN REPUBLICAN POLITICS IN THE PAST. So let's move on to why this guy was allowed to continue to do what he is alleged to have done long after it was apparent to many that he had serious issues???
The question as a mother and human being is why, after hearing the allegations about Sandusky, was he allowed anywhere near these young children? Was it because they were just not that concerned about poor kids or were they just more concerned about Penn State's reputation and the money that might be lost if it ever came out that a suspected perve had access to young boys for years?
@David,
Yeah, and about the same quality as Biden..
And for those that are saying he's innocent til proven guilty, stick this in yer pipe and smoke it....
Its called Due Process. Look it up.
As more victims come forward, more victims will find courage to come forward. He is innocent until proven guilty, but he will finally plea so he won't have done to him what he has done to his victims. Oh, allegedly.
Love it or hate it, we have a process for a reason.
Due Process is a right extended to individuals within the legal apparatus and does not apply to the court of public opinion. Jerry Sandusky is a serial predator and molester of children. He continually destroyed the innocence of children to achieve his own physical and emotional satisfaction. The damage that he has caused to his victims, their families and society as a whole will have an unquantifiable ripple effect. He's still playing the aww shucks, goofy grandfather act that made him endearing to children. Jerry Sandusky is a pariah and a pedophile. The best he can do is admit guilt, seek help for his sickness and ask for forgiveness. Either way, at the end of this process he'll be incarcerated for life. Case closed.
He pleaded his case to the public. He rushed due process- he got it, though. Guilty. Bring on the man in the black hood.
Can we get past talking about this vermin now?
I would say we havn't heard the end of this yet and like the Eveready Bunny it keeps on going!!!
"energizer" bunny
Well, maybe this will finally stop him from digging his own hole deeper. I've never seen someone have a harder time denying that he is sexually attracted to young boys.
Totally agreed!!
The reason he wasn't in jail is because of the judge who has ties to Second Mile. I hope she isn't the judge again.
He needs to fry!!!
No more bail. Keep the creep locked up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Will they now stop giving this sleaze-bag preferential treatment and detain him on at least $1,000,000 bail
Ummmm.........it's about time?
Wonder if he has enough money to get out again? Or did he post bond? Money talks in the judicial system.
NO bail. Lock him up.
Good. Now he can't commit suicide like I think he was preparing to do. He now has to face the law, and it ain't going to be pretty. I think this really was a surprise for him. I think he did all those weird interviews to put his "side" out there, and then call it quits before his court date. Good job in arresting him before he got to do what he wanted!
What makes you think he can't commit suicide in jail?
Why would you not let him grease himself if that's what he wanted? It would save the U.S. money by not having to house his sorry ass in jail. Plus there would be one less douche bag around. Sometimes it's about the bigger picture, it'd be better off if he was just gone. Out of sight, out of mind.
Oh yeah and let me the first to say, it's all of Obama's fault . . . lol
Let us make this perfectly clear - It is NOT Obama's fault, he inherited it from Bush.....
Thanks Fred. I was getting worried. Maybe there's a computer backup somewhere, but the only word I had seen so far was "democrat" and nothing yet about Obama. Now we're just waiting for the Occupy comments........
wait for it..........
Didn't you see the "lol" after Fred's comment? I think that meant he was kidding.
He even looks like a creepy pedophile.
Don't worry Frank, she isn't.