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McAdoo man charged with sexually assaulting a person with mental disability

Republican & Herald - 8/12/2017

Aug. 12--McADOO -- A borough man was arrested by McAdoo police and charged with sexually assaulting a person with a mental disability earlier this month.

Thomas J. Danishefsky, 77, of 103 S. Cleveland St., was arrested by McAdoo police Patrolman Frederick Lahovski and charged with one felony count each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person with a mental disability and sexual assault and one misdemeanor charge of indecent assault of a substantially impaired person.

Danishefsky was arraigned Aug. 4 by Magisterial District Judge Stephen J. Bayer, Tamaqua, and committed to Schuylkill County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail.

Lahovski said the charges against Danishefsky stem from an incident about 5:30 p.m.Aug. 3 at his South Cleveland Street home.

The officer said he was called to the home on Aug. 4 for a report of inappropriate sexual contact and spoke to the victim who has the genetic disorder Down syndrome and is learning disabled.

The victim reported that he was at the Danishefsky home when the man took him to an upstairs bedroom and performed a sex act, Lahovski said.

When interviewed, Lahovski said, Danishefsky admitted to committing the sexual act and said that he "made a mistake."

Danishefsky will now have to answer to the charges against him at a preliminary hearing before Bayer in his Tamaqua courtroom.

Contact the writer: fandruscavage@republicanherald.com; 570-628-6013

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