CLEARFIELD – A Curwensville man who is facing 2,740 various counts of sexual abuse after being accused by a young girl waived all charges to court Wednesday during Centralized Court.
Curwensville Borough police filed the charges against Steve Daniel Kephart Jr., 33, of Curwensville on March 18. The charges included:
- 308 counts each of rape forcible compulsion, rape threat forcible compulsion and corruption of minors/defendant age 18 or above;
- 284 counts each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse/person less than 16 years, aggravated indecent assault without consent, aggravated indecent assault/complainant less than 16 years, sexual assault, statutory sexual assault and indecent assault/person less than 16 years;
- 52 counts of rape of child and 25 counts each of IDSI/forcible compulsion and IDSI/threat forcible compulsion; and
- six counts of photograph/film/depict on computer sex act child; three counts of child pornography; and one count of indecent exposure.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, the investigation by Curwensville police began after the victim’s boyfriend told her mother that the victim had confided in him that she was having a sexual relationship with Kephart. The victim’s mother contacted police.
During an interview, the victim told police that the assaults allegedly began when she was 12 years old. Over the years, she told police, he had sex with her at various locations including camp sites, in vehicles and in his garage.
Kephart also allegedly took naked photos of the girl or had her take naked photos of herself with his phone.
When interviewed by police, Kephart admitted to committing the crimes. Kephart remains incarcerated at the Clearfield County Jail in lieu of $300,000 bail.
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