Dale Kumler of Shrewsbury Twp. admits sexual abuse of a teenager

A Shrewsbury Township man pleaded guilty last week to sexual assault, enticement of a minor and unlawful contact with a minor after he picked up a 13-year-old girl from New York and brought her to his home last May.

Dale Robert Kumler, 25, of Shrewsbury Township, also faced multiple charges of indecent assault on a person under 16, but those charges were dropped.

What happened in May 2023

According to court documents, on May 25, 2023, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office in Grand Island, New York, contacted Pennsylvania State Police, who began searching for a missing teenager after her parents reported her missing.

Before her disappearance, the victim’s parents told police that their 13-year-old daughter had been communicating with a man through an Xbox online gaming platform.

According to court documents, the victim told her parents his name was Dale and he was “possibly from the Pennsylvania-Maryland border region.”

According to charging documents, authorities conducted a Consolidated Lead Evaluation and Reporting (CLEAR) search, a computer search system used to collect information about individuals regarding their identity and whereabouts.

Police were then asked to come to a home in Shrewsbury Township.

Later that evening, at approximately 6:31 p.m., officers arrived at Kumler’s residence, and during questioning he told officers that he picked up the victim in his vehicle and dropped him off in Harrisburg. Kumler was then arrested and transported to PSP York for further questioning.

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