Maryland man sentenced after riding bike 180 miles here for teen sex
Published: May 14, 2009
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share thisA man who rode his bicycle 180 miles to have sex with a Scranton teen he met on the Internet will serve one to four years in prison, a judge ruled Wednesday.
William Wagner, 26, 414 Battery Drive, Havre de Grace, Md., met the 15-year-old girl through the social networking Web site MySpace. In June, he biked to Scranton to meet the teen.
In February, Mr. Wagner pleaded guilty to unlawful contact with a minor.
He slept at Pine Brook baseball field, Sanderson Avenue and Green Place, while he was in Scranton. He took the teen to the baseball field and had intercourse with her there several times, police said.
After he left Scranton, the girl told her parents she had sex with Mr. Wagner, who reported it to police.
The Times-Tribune does not identify sexual assault victims.
The teen told police she considered herself to be "in a relationship" with Mr. Wagner at one time. He knew she was only 15, she told police.
"It was a peculiar set of circumstances, including that he rode his bike to meet her," said Deputy District Attorney Michelle Olshefski. "I think the sentence is very fitting. He acknowledged that he knew her age and what he did was wrong."
After serving his prison sentence, Mr. Wagner will have to register as a sex offender under the state's Megan's Law requirements for 10 years.
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44 posted comments
Instead we should empower our teens to make good decisions and follow our own moral convictions. The problem is that most parents find that too much work. It's much easier to say, Kids today are different, as they let their child scream and run around a restaurant, or talk in the movie theatre, or show a lack of respect for themselves and others.
Recently in a church I attend, a divorced man in his 30s became interested in a 17 year old. The members of the church were scandalized and the man left. Thinking of my parents, grandparents, and scores of other normal, positive couples I have seen with a big difference in age, most often married when one partner was a teenager, I wonder if a hardworking, church-going man 16 years older is such a horrible thing for a daughter.
Who reported it to police, Mr. Wagner or the parents?
From KDS
She lured him to where she was.
She told him were to come to.
She told him where to meet her.
He didn't know the area.
She did.
She knew everything
and did everything.Now his life is ruined while she goes on to ruin the lives of other men. She is no victim. She is a manipulator.