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The Clinton County caseworker who broke open the Sandusky child sex scandal
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/2...roke_open_the_Sandusky_child_sex_scandal.html
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - Six years after her interview with a teenage boy set off one of the most explosive criminal cases in state history, Jessica Dershem still works in the same windowless office in her hometown.
Dershem, a 32-year-old caseworker with the Clinton County Children and Youth Services department, investigates custody disputes and claims of child abuse and neglect. She handles 12, maybe 15, cases each year. Most never make the news - because they don't involve someone like Jerry Sandusky.
In the rush of sometimes-global news coverage of the former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach's arrest and conviction on child sex-abuse charges, Dershem's role barely registered a footnote.
This one is really disturbing.
The meeting, and Sandusky's evasiveness, further cemented Dershem's belief that Fisher was telling the truth. The report she filed with the state said her office had determined Sandusky abused the boy.
His evasiveness raises red flags. An all too common characteristic of criminals I see.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/2...roke_open_the_Sandusky_child_sex_scandal.html
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - Six years after her interview with a teenage boy set off one of the most explosive criminal cases in state history, Jessica Dershem still works in the same windowless office in her hometown.
Dershem, a 32-year-old caseworker with the Clinton County Children and Youth Services department, investigates custody disputes and claims of child abuse and neglect. She handles 12, maybe 15, cases each year. Most never make the news - because they don't involve someone like Jerry Sandusky.
In the rush of sometimes-global news coverage of the former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach's arrest and conviction on child sex-abuse charges, Dershem's role barely registered a footnote.
This one is really disturbing.
The meeting, and Sandusky's evasiveness, further cemented Dershem's belief that Fisher was telling the truth. The report she filed with the state said her office had determined Sandusky abused the boy.
His evasiveness raises red flags. An all too common characteristic of criminals I see.