SMETHPORT — A Duke Center man was convicted following a two-day trial in McKean County Court of raping a child between 2019 and 2021.
Sebastian Vancamp, 22, was convicted of six felonies and four misdemeanors involving sex crimes against a female when she was aged 11 and 12. He was found not guilty on charges of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse. He will be sentenced in March.
District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer said the testimony included that, between December 2019 and December 2021, Vancamp would meet the juvenile victim at various places in Duke Center where he would engage in sexual intercourse with her. The crimes were discovered after the juvenile told school personnel who reported the crimes to Childline. Trooper Eric Thompson of the Pennsylvania State Police received the report from Childline and investigated that case.
Vancamp was convicted of two counts of rape of a child, first-degree felonies; two counts of statutory sexual assault, second-degree felonies; corruption of minors and indecent assault, both third-degree felonies; and four counts of indecent assault, misdemeanors.
The jury also found that Vancamp’s actions were a course of conduct.
Shaffer prosecuted the case on behalf of the commonwealth.
Vancamp has a second case awaiting trial in McKean County Court as well, on multiple counts of child pornography. The charges had originally been 1,246 counts, but were consolidated to two counts of child pornography, second-degree felonies, and one count of criminal use of a communication device, a third-degree felony. He has been released on nominal bail.
He is represented in both cases by Public Defender Phil Clabaugh.
In the current case, because he was convicted of sex crimes, Vancamp was ordered to undergo an assessment with the Sexual Offender Assessment Board to determine if he meets the statutory definition of a sexually violent predator. Such an assessment is required for anyone convicted of most sex offenses in Pennsylvania pursuant to the law formerly known as Megan’s Law (now Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, or “SORNA”). Sentencing was set for March 14.
In cases of suspected child abuse, contact Childline at 1-800-932-0313 or 911.
