Fawn man found guilty of sexually assaulting 2 children
A Fawn Township man who was arrested in 2019 is awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of repeatedly sexually assaulting two young children.
Douglas Charles Simoncic Jr., 31, of Iron Bridge Lane was found guilty Oct. 11 in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court to two counts each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with a minor and indecent assault of a child under 13 along with a count of aggravated indecent assault, which are all felonies.
He is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Bruce R. Beemer on Jan. 5, according to the court docket.
An Allegheny County Police detective wrote in a criminal complaint that he and a representative from Pittsburgh Action Against Rape interviewed the two children in June 2016 about the assaults that allegedly occurred around 2008, when Simoncic was 17.
One of the children said Simoncic molested them three separate times. The other child told investigators that they were sexually assaulted by Simoncic on at least five occasions over the course of a year.
They both said Simoncic asked them not to tell anybody about the encounters because it was “our little game,” the complaint said.
Tony LaRussa is a TribLive reporter. A Pittsburgh native, he covers crime and courts in the Alle-Kiski Valley. He can be reached at tlarussa@triblive.com.
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