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HAZLETON — A 19-year-old man has been charged with the rape of a 6-year-old boy in Hazleton in what Chief of Police Jerry Speziale calls a “heinous act.”
Police say they were dispatched Saturday to an address in the area of First and Wyoming streets, finding two adult males fighting.
One of the males, later found to be the father of the victim, alleges that he walked into a room to find Sebastian John Wardingo, 19, with no current address, pulling his pants up, while his 6-year-old son lay on the bed with his pants down.
Officers took Wardingo into custody and transported him to Hazleton Police Department Headquarters. While being interviewed at headquarters, police say that Wardingo admitted to inserting his penis into the anus of the victim.
Wardingo was charged with rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and other crimes. A preliminary hearing has not been set.
Speziale said that “swift and decisive justice will be delivered.”
The Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office is assisting in the investigation.