Crime & Safety
Sexual Assault of a Local 7-Year-Old Nets Delaware Man 35 Years
John Angell, of Smyrna Del., was hired to chauffeur his 7-year-old victim from his father's home in Blue Bell to his mother in Plainview, N.Y.
A 41-year-old Delaware man is behind bars after being sentenced in federal court to 35 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old Blue Bell boy on 12 separate occasions.
According to the Philly.com, John Angell, of Smyrna, Del., was hired to transport the boy and a sibling between their mother's home in Plainview, N.Y. and their father's home in Blue Bell.
The father reportedly hired Angell in 2001 and employed him over a six year period to drive the children, according to court documents. During that time, Angell was occasionally alone with the 7-year-old on several occasions and sexually assaulted him while stopped at various rest areas between New York and Pennsylvania until sometime in 2007.
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Angell was reportedly convicted in Nov. 2011 and sentenced on Thursday to 35 years in prison and 15 of supervised release. The judge also ordered Angell to pay a $2,200 special assessment and a $1,000 fine.
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