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Police Credit Westmoreland Co. Dad In Capture Of Sex Predator

Man Travels From Fla. To Pa. To Meet With Teen

POSTED: 11:51 am EDT July 1, 2009
UPDATED: 12:04 pm EDT July 1, 2009

Police in Westmoreland County said the actions of a concerned father helped them catch an alleged sex offender.

Investigators said the father of a 15-year-old girl saw her heading into the woods around 5:30 a.m. on Saturday and followed her.

Police said the girl was going to meet 19-year-old Nicholas Sean Ewen-Napier, who traveled from Florida to North Huntingdon, police said, to have sex with the teen.

Investigators said the girl's father found a backpack, took it home and called police after discovering his daughter had naked photos of a man.

Ewen-Napier is facing charges of unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of minors and disseminating explicit sexual material.

WTAE's news exchange partners at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported he's being held in the Westmoreland County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bond.

A preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday was postponed. A new date for a hearing has not been set.




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