Sex Offender Lured 5-Year-Old with Candy Then Raped Her: Police

Listen to this episode from Law And Crime On The Case with Chris Stewart on Spotify. A convicted sex offender in Central New York has been arrested and charged with raping and sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl he allegedly lured from a playground with candy. Authorities say this isn’t Michael Pontello’s first offense — Pontello was previously convicted in 2011 for assaulting another 5-year-old and is now also facing charges tied to an earlier case involving a 3-year-old victim. Law&Crime’s Chris Stewart has the facts on this episode of On the Case.