Pennsylvania Man, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pine Hill Child Taken Into Custody.

Saturday, April 26, 2025, 6:45 A.M. ET. 1 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

PINE HILL, NJ.- Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay reported a fugitive charged with sexually assaulting a preteen girl in Pine Hill, New Jersey, was apprehended Friday morning in Southeastern Pennsylvania.

     According to a statement from the Prosecutor’s Office, Shane Hennesy, 22, of Newton Square, Pennsylvania, was taken into custody on Friday, April 25, 2025, at around 6:00 a.m. The arrest was made by members of the U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force-Camden Division and the U.S. Marshals Service Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force-Reading Division.

Charges File After Investigation

     Following an investigation of child sexual assault, Hennesy was charged on February 20, 2025, with first-degree Aggravated Sexual Assault; second-degree Sexual Assault; and two counts of third-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child, for crimes he had allegedly committed against a 12-year-old girl in Pine Hill, New Jersey between December 2024 and January 2025, after the two met on an online social media platform.

     Hennsey will remain lodged in the Berks County Jail in Leesport, Pennsylvania, pending extradition to Camden County, New Jersey, to stand trial on the charges.

     Anyone with additional information regarding the sexual assault investigation is asked to contact Detective Kerry Butler of the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit at (856) 225-8664 or CAMDEN.TIPS. All calls and tips will be kept confidential.

“The rules of the court require us to include a statement that states: The charges outlined in this publication are merely accusations, and the defendant and or defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.”