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By ANDREW TUTINO atutino@leader.net
Friday, February 04, 2000 Page: 2A
HAZLETON – A 28-year-old city man charged with sexually assaulting two young
boys also will face charges for possessing child pornography, police said.
On Thursday, Hazleton Police charged Glenn Polacek with sexual abuse of
children, a felony. Last week, Polacek was arrested and charged with
involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault and corruption of
minors. Polacek waived his preliminary hearing on those charges Thursday.
He remains in the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $100,000
bail. According to arrest papers, Hazleton police found more than 100 files
containing child pornography on a computer in Polacek’s room during a Jan. 31
search. Police also found several video tapes and notebooks during the search.
One of the video tapes seized by police contained footage of a young boy
“trying on underwear, getting undressed and taking a bath,” the arrest
papers said.
Polacek also was seen on the video with the child. The notebooks contained
numerous Internet addresses of Web sites that contain child pornography,
arrest papers stated. A preliminary hearing on charges of possessing child
pornog raphy has been scheduled for 10:45 a.m. Feb. 10 before District Justice
Joseph Zola.