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He was returned to the U.S. last week from England, where he just finished a 12-year prison sentence for raping another 13-year-old girl.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm0d6tzkq000e01tlbdlmkzx3@published'}, {'data': {'clipSrc': 'https://omny.fm/shows/kywam-on-demand/18-years-after-skipping-bail-in-montco-sex-offende', 'clipURL': 'https://omny.fm/shows/kywam-on-demand/18-years-after-skipping-bail-in-montco-sex-offende', 'embedSize': 'wide-image', 'componentVariation': 'omny'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/omny/instances/cm0d6utvx0013357lqoo1drbd@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Gerard Zalewski was 21 in 2004 when he arranged an illicit meeting with a 12-year-old girl after several explicit online chats. The 12-year-old girl was actually a police officer. When Zalewski showed up for the meeting, he was arrested. An investigation found he had previously sexually assaulted a 13-year-old Bucks County girl he met online. In November 2005, he pleaded guilty to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and related charges in Montgomery County.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm0d6ule1000n357ldlqp7bno@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'While Zalewski was out on bail, he disappeared before his March 2006 sentencing hearing. The Common Pleas judge proceeded with the hearing, finding Zalewski to be a sexually violent predator and sentencing him in absentia to 5 to 20 years in prison.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm0d6ule1000o357lokv8n935@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office continued to pursue Zalewski with the help of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, putting him on the FBI “America’s Most Wanted” list and sharing details of the case with international law enforcement agencies.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm0d6ule1000p357lx6e81ss2@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Zalewski resurfaced in Lancashire, England, in 2016. According to information from local police, he groomed a 13-year-old girl online, manipulated her into sending him explicit images, and then met her in a park, where he taped her mouth shut, put a dog collar around her neck and sexually abused her over several hours before taking photos of her with his cellphone.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm0d6ule1000q357lvoqcs0o0@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'He was sentenced to 12 years in an English prison, where he remained until last Friday, when he was turned over to U.S. authorities.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm0d6ule2000r357ld2wzb3fn@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'On Tuesday, Zalewski was arraigned on charges related to his flight from authorities in 2006, which may add years to his prison term. Bail was set at $500,077. 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