Teacher Charged by AG's Child Predator Unit

HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett announced that agents from the Attorney General's Child Predator Unit have arrested a high school chemistry teacher from Ohio accused of using the Internet to sexually proposition what he believed was a 13-year old girl, along with sending sexually explicit webcam videos to the girl.

Corbett identified the defendant as Robert Mark Fickenscher, 57, 105 Bryn Mawr Drive, Painesville, Ohio.

Corbett said that Fickenscher allegedly used Internet chat rooms and instant message programs to approach and sexually proposition an undercover agent from the Child Predator Unit who was using the online profile of a 13-year old child. Fickenscher is also accused of sending numerous sexually explicit webcam videos to the girl.

According to the criminal complaint, Fickenscher initially identified himself as a 35-year Erie man who enjoyed racing cars. He allegedly attempted to entice the girl into meeting him at a motel near her home with the promise of providing wine coolers if she engaged in sexual activities with him.

Fickenscher is currently being held in the Lake County Ohio Jail and has waived extradition from Ohio. He will be transported to Pennsylvania today.

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