OHIO
The United States Attorney’s Office, District of Southern Ohio
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
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CINCINNATI – A U.S. District Court jury has convicted Robert Frank Poandl, 72, of Fairfield, Ohio of one count of interstate transportation of a minor for illicit purposes, a federal law known as the Mann Act.
Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Kevin R. Cornelius, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), William Hayes, Acting Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Ohio and Michigan; and agencies in the Greater Cincinnati Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force announced the verdict reached today following a trial that began September 16 before U.S. District Judge Michael R. Barrett.
According to trial testimony, in August 1991, Poandl transported a ten-year old boy from Cincinnati to Spencer, West Virginia where he sexually assaulted the child. The crime was not disclosed until the victim came forward in 2009. The crime is punishable by a sentence ranging from zero to ten years in prison. Judge Barrett will set a date for sentencing.
“Today’s verdict should give victims courage to come forward, even if the abuse happened years ago,” U.S. Attorney Stewart said.
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