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November 2, 2007

Larksville man charged in sex assault on teen

By Ed Lewis elewis@timesleader.com
Times Leader Staff Writer
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LARKSVILLE – A 28-year-old man was arrested Wednesday on charges he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl inside his home between August and February, police said.

Jon Erik Frisvold, of East First Street, was charged with aggravated indecent assault and four counts each of statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors and unlawful contact with minors. He was arraigned before District Judge David Barilla in Swoyersville and was released from the Luzerne County Correctional Facility after posting $25,000 bail Wednesday night.

According to the criminal complaint:

In May, the girl told her older sister that she had sexual contact with Frisvold on four occasions inside his home. The sister alerted police, who questioned the girl. The girl claimed she had been talking with Frisvold on the telephone and on myspace.com. Frisvold would pick up the girl near a store in West Wyoming in his car and take her back to his residence. There, the girl said, they hung out or watched movies before engaging in sexual acts.

The first encounter happened in August 2006.

Frisvold told the girl to go to his bedroom and wait for him. He asked her to have sex and said to her: “It will be good for you and it will be good for me,” according to the criminal complaint.

The girl said she removed her shirt and pants but told Frisvold to stop because it hurt. Frisvold continued to attempt to have sex with the girl but stopped.

Frisvold drove the girl home telling her not to tell anyone, the criminal complaint says.

Sometime in October or November 2006, the girl said Frisvold contacted her by telephone and on myspace.com. After a conversation, he picked her up at the West Wyoming store and drove around the Back Mountain before returning to his residence with her.

He asked her to have sex, but the girl said no. He continued to ask her to have sex when she agreed.

After a brief encounter, the girl told him to stop. They got dressed and drove to a caf� in Wyoming.

In January, Frisvold again contacted the girl on the telephone and on myspace.com. He picked her up at the West Wyoming store, drove around in the Back Mountain and took her to his residence where he sexually assaulted her, the criminal complaint says.

A month later, Frisvold contacted the girl again on the telephone and on myspace.com. He told the girl he was bored and picked her up at the store in West Wyoming, and took her back to his residence where he assaulted her, police said in the criminal complaint.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 7 in Central Court.

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