LAKE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Pittston Township Police say they have charged a 40-year-old man with sexually assaulting a teenager on multiple instances, who later became pregnant.
Ryan McDermott allegedly sexually assaulted and recorded several instances that took place across multiple Luzerne County hotels.
Police say they first became aware of the incident when contacted by a college police department in Illinois.
The department says McDermott came to the university looking for a 17-year-old underage student, threatening other students that he believed she knew.
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The girl then went to the Bradley University Police Department, where she said that McDermott allegedly took her to several hotels between June and August, according to a criminal complaint.
Police say that the girl allegedly met McDermott at a graduation party back in June.
According to the criminal complaint, there were three instances where McDermott took the girl to three separate Luzerne County motels, gave her alcohol and marijuana, and sexually assaulted her between June and August.
Police say they also obtained videos of the sexual assaults that McDermott sent to the victim to "remind her who her man was."
McDermott has been charged with two counts of rape, corruption of minors, and dissemination of film of child sex acts, among other charges.
