Man charged with raping girl, 14, in cemetery 9 felony counts in Jim Thorpe incident
A Jim Thorpe man is accused of raping a 14-year-old girl at Evergreen Cemetery in 2013.
Sun-Wolf Acevedo, 22, of 51 Willow Drive, was arraigned Tuesday afternoon before District Judge Ed Lewis on numerous sexual crimes including rape, statutory sexual assault and aggravated indecent assault, among others.In an affidavit of probable cause, Jim Thorpe Detective Lee Marzen said the female reported the rape through ChildLine.The teen told a child forensic interviewer in Scranton that she made arrangements to hang out with Acevedo the night of June 18, 2013.They went to the cemetery, where Acevedo began speaking in a sexual manner.As the girl attempted to leave, Acevedo grabbed her by the hair and forced her to the ground."Acevedo pulled her shorts down to her ankles and had sex with her against her will," Marzen wrote.During the rape, the girl attempted to call for help, she told police, but Acevedo threw her phone in the cemetery.Marzen and Jim Thorpe officer Matthew Schwarz interviewed Acevedo on March 18 of this year when he admitted to having sex with the teen and performing a sexual act, knowing she was 14 years old.Other charges against Acevedo include indecent assault, unlawful contact with a minor and criminal use of a communication facility.In a separate criminal complaint, Jim Thorpe police said Acevedo sent a picture of himself, sexual in nature, to a 13-year-old female."According to the Facebook postings, the female did warn Acevedo she was only 13, but he sent the photo anyway," Schwarz wrote.Police were alerted to the incident by the female's mother on May 4, 2013.Acevedo also requested pictures of the female, telling her "the less clothes the better," police said.He also asked the female if she would engage in sexual acts with him.While viewing 8,493 pages of Acevedo's Facebook account contents, police found between 95 and 100 solicitations for explicit materials, many of which resulted in Acevedo sending pictures of his genitalia to juveniles.Acevedo admitted sending the picture to the 13-year-old."He admitted he knew it was wrong, but said when he gets sexually aroused, he can't stop himself," Schwarz wrote. "He said he feels bad immediately, but it could happen again the very next day."Acevedo said he remembered five to 10 incidents where he sent pictures to underage girls. Some of the photos he had on file and some he took just prior to sending, he told police.Acevedo faces charges of disseminating sexual materials to a minor, unlawful contact with a minor, criminal use of a communication facility and indecent exposure.Nine of the 11 charges are felonies. Bail was set at $50,000, 10 percent.A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 27 at 4:15 p.m. before Lewis.