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Saturday, June 20, 1998 Page: 6A
WILKES-BARRE- A Hazleton man on Friday was found guilty of indecent assault
for making sexual advances toward a female co-worker.
A Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas jury convicted Walter Cherasaro, 48,
West Green Street, in two 1997 incidents at Quebecor Printing, Hazleton.
According to the police affidavit:
In June, Cherasaro approached the victim and made sexually suggestive
comments about a shirt she was wearing.
In August, Cherasaro and the victim were working on the same printing line.
Cherasaro came up behind the victim, grabbed her hips, and began rubbing his
genitals against her buttocks. Cherasaro then grabbed the victim’s buttocks
and began reaching for her genital area.
He is free pending sentencing at 9:30 a.m. July 21 by Luzerne County Judge
Hugh Mundy.
Local man `not guilty’
in boat dock case
WILKES-BARRE- A jury Friday found a Harveys Lake man not guilty of criminal
and defiant trespassing after allegedly trying to stop his neighbor from
destroying a boat dock.
David Abod, 44, Lakeside Drive, was charged with the crime in a dispute
with his neighbor on March 22 of last year.
According to the police affidavit:
Abod’s neighbor, James Pugh, was using a saw to destroy Abod’s boat dock.
Pugh claimed the dock was on his property and he had the right to damage it.
Abod videotaped the event.
After police reviewed the tape, they discovered that Abod attempted to stop
Pugh from tearing down the dock by jumping on a wooden pole Pugh was trying to
cut down. While he was on the pole, Abod ignored warnings from Pugh that he
was trespassing and began to strike Pugh with a stick.
Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judge Thomas F. Burke presided over
the jury trial.
W-B man pleads guilty to sex assault of girl
WILKES-BARRE- A Wilkes-Barre man pleaded guilty Friday to sexually
assaulting a young girl.
Andrew Yuhas, 36, formerly of Moyallen Street, pleaded guilty to one count
of rape and involuntary deviant sexual intercourse for the incidents that
occurred since the girl was 6 years old. The age of the girl could not be
determined Friday.
According to the police affidavit:
Yuhas, who is incarcerated at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility,
took the girl for a bicycle ride when she was 9. When they were under the
Market Street Bridge, Yuhas told her he would leave her there if she didn’t
perform oral sex on him.
Yuhas would also enter the bathroom while the girl was taking a shower and
have intercourse with her. Other times, Yuhas would have the girl watch
pornographic movies and dress up in her mother’s clothes before having sex
with her.
The girl, according to the affidavit, sa