Jeffrey Sandusky, an adult son of convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, was arrested by Pennsylvania State Police on Monday and faces child sex charges on Monday.
The Centre Daily Times reports that Jeffrey Sandusky faces charges of criminal solicitation of statutory sexual assault, criminal solicitation of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a person less than 16 years old, two counts of criminal solicitation of photograph or film depicted on the computer of a sex act knowingly involving a child, six counts of communicating with a minor — sexual abuse and two counts of criminal solicitation of child pornography, all felonies, and two misdemeanor counts of corruption of minors.
He was arraigned on charges Monday afternoon in Bellefonte, Pa. and jailed on $200,000 bail.
His defense lawyer, Lance Marshall, declined to comment on the allegations.
The Centre County district attorney’s office said it planned to issue a statement later Monday.
The state Corrections Department said that because of the charges, Jeffrey Sandusky was suspended without pay Monday from employment as a corrections officer at Rockview State Prison, near State College. He had been hired in August 2015.
Sandusky is one of six adopted children of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State football coach, who was convicted on 45 counts of child sex abuse in 2012. Jerry Sandusky, then 68, was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison, where he maintains his innocence.
— The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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