Adoptee Charged with Molesting a Third Child

“A city man serving prison time for molesting a foster child in his adoptive home was hit Thursday with new charges alleging he forced himself on another foster child.

Tyler Groner, 25, …, is accused of performing oral sex repeatedly on a 4-year-old boy while living in the foster home in 2012, police said. The charges come a few months after Groner was accused of molesting a third boy in the home.

According to a complaint filed in court, Groner had been adopted by the same foster parents who took in the 4-year-old child from Lackawanna County Children and Youth Services.

The child told investigators that on several occasions, Groner molested him in a bedroom at the house, according to police. During questioning, Groner admitted to molesting the child, police said.

Police on Thursday charged Groner with counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, child endangerment and corruption of minors. Magisterial District Judge Thomas F. Malloy Sr. arraigned him Thursday morning and set bail at $150,000 with a preliminary hearing set for March 16.

Groner is already awaiting trial in another case alleging he molested another foster child several times when the boy was between 10 and 12 years old.

According to charges filed in December, the boy said that sometimes he would wake up with his pants pulled down, even though they had been pulled up when he went to sleep. The boy also said he saw Groner assault other minors at the foster home, according to police.

Groner is already serving 3½ to seven years at State Correctional Institution Somerset after he pleaded guilty to sexual assault in a 2012 case. In that case, Groner admitted to performing oral sex on a 7-year-old boy at in the same foster home.”

Jailed child sex offender faces charges for molesting another child in same home

[Citizen Voice 3/9/17 by James Halpin]
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