CLARION, Pa. (EYT) — Two Clarion residents are scheduled to appear in court next week on multiple charges of child sex offenses.
According to court documents, 36-year-old Stephanie Ann Andreas, of Clarion, is scheduled to appear in Clarion County Plea Court at 9:00 a.m., on Wednesday, July 5, in front of President Judge James G. Arner.
She faces the following charges:
– Conspiracy – Rape of Child, Felony 1 (5 counts)
– Conspiracy – Statutory Sexual Assault: 11 Years Older, Felony 1 (5 counts)
– Conspiracy – Sexual Assault, Felony 2 (5 counts)
– Conspiracy – Indecent Assault Person Less than Years of Age, Felony 3 (5 counts)
– Conspiracy – Sexual Exploitation Of Children Offense Defined, Felony 2 (5 counts)
– Corruption Of Minors – Defendant Age 18 or Above, Felony 3 (5 counts)
– Endangering Welfare of Children – Parent/Guardian/Other Commits Offense, Felony 3
Court documents indicate Andreas was brought back from the State Correctional Institute in Muncy on Monday, June 26, to the Clarion County Jail.
Andreas is currently serving two to four years on two separate charges related to a March 2016 robbery in which 69-year-olf Bassam Yakteen (her co-conspirator), of Clarion, was mugged and attacked. The investigation also revealed that Andreas allegedly sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy.
Andreas’s co-conspirator, Bassam Yakteen, is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday, July 5. His plea court hearing is set for 2:00 p.m.
He faces the following charges:
– Rape of Child, Felony 1 (5 counts)
– Conspiracy – Rape of Child, Felony 1 (5 counts)
– Statutory Sexual Assault: 11 Years Older, Felony 1 (5 counts)
– Conspiracy – Statutory Sexual Assault: 11 Years Older, Felony 1 (5 counts)
– Sexual Assault, Felony 2 (5 counts)
– Conspiracy – Sexual Assault, Felony 2 (5 counts)
– Indecent Assault Person Less than 13 Years of Age, Felony 3 (5 counts)
– Conspiracy – Indecent Assault Person Less than Years of Age, Felony 3 (5 counts)
– Sexual Exploitation Of Children Offense Defined, Felony 2 (5 counts)
– Terroristic Threats W/Intent To Terrorize Another, Misdemeanor 1 (2 counts)
Yakteen is being held in Clarion County Jail on $500,000.00 bail.
According to a previously-published article on exploreClarion.com, Clarion Borough Police Chief Bill Peck filed numerous felony charges against Yakteen and Andreas in December 2016.
A criminal complaint was filed at District Judge Duane Quinn’s office following an investigation which began on November 16 after Clarion Borough Police received a Children & Youth Services (CYS) report involving the sexual assault of an underage girl.
Victim Interviewed
The victim told a case worker that she was sexually assaulted by Yakteen multiple times at a residence in Clarion Borough. She stated that Andreas forced her to have sex with Yakteen.
Andreas allegedly told the victim that she would give her money if she obeyed and had sex with Yakteen. Andreas allegedly watched the victim having sex with Yakteen, according to the criminal complaint.
On December 8, 2016, Peck attended a forensic interview with the victim at Western PA CARES for Kids.
During the forensic interview, the victim described Yakteen as “jolly” and “drunk.” She provided a detailed account, stating that Yakteen took her into a bedroom and had sex with her. Once inside the bedroom, Yakteen allegedly told the victim that he would kill her if she didn’t have sex with him, the complaint states.
The victim then stated that Yakteen had sex with her the next day and again threatened to kill her if she did not comply. She told the interviewer that Yakteen had sex with her approximately five times that week, according to the criminal complaint.
Andreas Interviewed
On December 13, 2016, Peck spoke with Andreas at the Clarion County Jail where she was lodged on unrelated charges.
Andreas told Peck that she met Yakteen at a church dinner in August 2015. She stated that approximately two weeks later he began providing her with food, money, and cigarettes. Yakteen and Andreas eventually formed a romantic relationship, according to the criminal complaint.
The criminal complaint states that Andreas admitted to observing Yakteen having sexual intercourse with the victim twice and said that the abuse occurred multiple times between November 2015 and February 2016. Andreas told Peck that Yakteen admitted to having an obsession with young girls.
Andreas stated that the abuse ended in February 2016 when she stopped allowing Yakteen to visit the residence.
Andreas told Peck that she “made a deal” with Yakteen in which he would pay her bills and provide money, cigarettes, and food in exchange for her silence about the abuse, the complaint states.
Yakteen Interviewed
Around 9:50 a.m., on Thursday, December 14, 2016, Peck located Yakteen on Main Street in Clarion Borough. Yakteen agreed to go to the Clarion Borough Police Department to be interviewed about the alleged sexual abuse.
Yakteen confirmed that he met Andreas in August 2015 and later began to form a romantic relationship with her.
The criminal complaint states that Yakteen told Peck that he provided Andreas with food and money and paid her bills.
Yakteen told Peck that when Andreas “gets out of the jail,” they are going to move in together and get married, the complaint continues.
Yakteen admitted to going into the bedroom with the child but denied sexually abusing her, according to the complaint.
