“Predators have come from every corner of our state, and as far away as Florida, Texas and Massachusetts, all trying to use the Internet to have some form of sexual contact with children, “ Attorney General Tom Corbett said.“They use popular social networking sites and online chat rooms to search for young victims, looking for kids who are lonely, curious, trusting or otherwise vulnerable.”

Corbett said that Ursich allegedly used an internet chat room to contact an undercover agent from the Child Predator Unit who was using the online profile of a 13-year old girl.

According to the criminal complaint, Ursich sent a webcam video of himself masturbating during his first online chat. Over the next several weeks, Ursich allegedly sent a total of 14 sexually explicit webcam videos.

Corbett said Ursich also allegedly encouraged the girl to masturbate during their online chats and asked her to send him nude photos.

Ursich is charged with 14 counts of unlawful contact with a minor (related to sexual materials or performances) and one count of criminal use of a computer, all third-degree felonies which are each punishable by up to seven years in prison and $15,000 fines.

Ursich was preliminarily arraigned before Hawley Magisterial District Judge Bonnie L. Carney and lodged in the Wayne County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail. A preliminary hearing was held for February 3, at 9 am, at the Wayne County Central Courthouse.

Corbett thanked Pennsylvania State Police Honesdale for their cooperation and assistance with this investigation.

Ursich will be prosecuted in Wayne County by Deputy Attorney General Christopher Jones of the Attorney General’s Child Predator Unit.

Others arrested

The other two suspected Internet predators, include: Jeffery A. Kimmel, 43, East Aurora, NY, a plumber who traveled to Lawrence County to have sex with what he believed was a 13-year old girl; and Michael Latona, Dunmore, Lackawanna County, a computer technician who used online chat rooms to sexually proposition what he believed was a young girl.

"Predators have come from every corner of our state, and as far away as Florida, Texas and Massachusetts, all trying to use the Internet to have some form of sexual contact with children,” Attorney General Tom Corbett said. “They use popular social networking sites and online chat rooms to search for young victims, looking for kids who are lonely, curious, trusting or otherwise vulnerable.”