{"id":7004,"date":"2018-11-30T15:27:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T20:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=7004"},"modified":"2018-11-30T15:27:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T20:27:55","slug":"batavia-kelsey-road-man-facing-more-felony-charges-after-an-investigation-into-a-sex-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/30\/batavia-kelsey-road-man-facing-more-felony-charges-after-an-investigation-into-a-sex-offense\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Kelsey road man facing more felony charges after an investigation into a sex offense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7005\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/30\/batavia-kelsey-road-man-facing-more-felony-charges-after-an-investigation-into-a-sex-offense\/somerton-david-j\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SOMERTON-DAVID-J.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"SOMERTON &amp;#8211; DAVID J\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SOMERTON-DAVID-J.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7005\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SOMERTON-DAVID-J.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SOMERTON-DAVID-J.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SOMERTON-DAVID-J.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SOMERTON-DAVID-J.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>David J. Somerton, 36, of Kelsey Rd., Batavia, is charged with 5 counts disseminating indecent material to a minor, a felony, after an investigation into a sex offense that occurred in the Town of Batavia on Kelsey road on October 13, 2018. Somerton is now also charged with possession of obscene sexual performance by a child, a class E felony, and use of a child in a sexual performance, a class C felony.<\/p>\n<p>Somerton was arraigned on November 29, 2018 in the Town of Batavia Court on the additional charges.<\/p>\n<p>He is due back in the Town of Batavia Court at a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David J. Somerton, 36, of Kelsey Rd., Batavia, is charged with 5 counts disseminating indecent material to a minor, a felony, after an investigation into a sex offense that occurred in the Town of Batavia on Kelsey road on October 13, 2018. Somerton is now also charged with possession of \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/30\/batavia-kelsey-road-man-facing-more-felony-charges-after-an-investigation-into-a-sex-offense\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,23],"tags":[1310],"class_list":["post-7004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","category-genesee-county","tag-david-j-somerton"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-1OY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8389,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/03\/21\/batavia-man-pleads-guilty-to-a-felony-after-sex-offenses-investigation\/","url_meta":{"origin":7004,"position":0},"title":"Batavia man pleads guilty to a felony after sex offenses investigation","author":"aka","date":"March 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"David J. 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