Tewksbury Man Charged With Sexual Assault Of Pre-Teen
Pair was allegedly drinking heavily in abandoned Funland complex before alleged assault.
A Tewksbury man, previously charged with trespassing, disturbing the peace and resisting arrest has now been charged with sexual assault of a child in connection with a weekend incident at the former Funland amusement complex.
According to Lowell District Court documents, Jonathan Cameron, 20, was arraigned on Monday, June 18, and charged with sexual assault of a child under the age of 14 and furnishing alcohol to a minor, along with the other charges.
Court documents list Cameron as homeless, but back in May, when he was arrested for a series of burglaries, he listed his home address as 56 Pupkis Road, Tewksbury.
Cameron, who was released on bail after his May arrest, pleaded not guilty to the new charges and is now being held without bail pending his next court appearance on Aug. 16.
According to the court documents, Cameron confessed to engaging in sexual activity with a 12-year-old girl but denied having any type of intercourse.
In his statement to police, Cameron said he and four minors (three boys and the girl) had been drinking in one of the buildings at Funland on Saturday, June 16. Cameron admitted he had been squatting on the Funland property. He said the girl wanted to talk privately with him and they went upstairs. Cameron said they talked about her friend in Wilmington, her family problems and his family problems.
Cameron then admitted that they kissed and were caught by two of the other minors. They laughed the kiss off and the others left the room. Later, according to Cameron's statement to police, they both undressed, kissed and he wound up on top of her on a mat on the floor.
In his statement, Cameron claimed intercourse did not happen because he had known the girl and her family for years and didn’t feel right about it. He also said he was unable to perform sexual intercourse because of the amount of alcohol he had consumed, according to his statement to police. He also said alcohol had impaired the judgment of both him and the girl.
Two of the minors allegedly saw Cameron on top of the girl, became angry at him and separated them. This ultimately led to a fight between one of the boys and Cameron.
Screams from the fight led someone in the area to call police around 6 p.m. and officers found Cameron and the four minors on the Funland grounds. According to the report, all had been drinking but Cameron and the girl seemed to be the most drunk and the most out of control.
Police said Cameron was "screaming, crying and belligerent" while being arrested.
The other three minors told police what had happened, as well as what they believed happened between Cameron and the girl, according to the report. One of them had taken two poor-quality photos of Cameron and the girl upstairs. According to the report, the photos showed Cameron without his clothes on but the image of the girl was more difficult to make out.
According to the report, the alleged victim was originally uncooperative and was taken by ambulance to an area hospital for treatment and observation. The reporting officer said he was told by a nurse that the girl’s blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit of .08.
According to the report, Cameron was originally only charged with trespassing, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace. However, he was interviewed again, after he had sobered up, and provided a written statement of the events. He was then charged with providing alcohol to a minor and sexual assault of a person under 14.
Back in May, Cameron had been arrested in connection with a series of break-ins at Frotten Excavating, Langone Landscaping and a home on Court Street. At the time, one of the victims told police Cameron had been living in a trailer behind the Frotten Excavating garages, according to the court documents.
According to court records, Cameron is scheduled to be back in court on those charges on July 27. His next court date for this most recent incident is Aug. 16.
Jennifer Nagle
8:37 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012
I say leavethe POS in the care of the 12 year old girl's parents / uncles / other relatives.... what happens, happens. It may save the state a lot of unnecessary expences, and us parents a lot of unnecessary worry in case this wack job walks away from this proceeding due to legal loopholes.
Bill. S
3:01 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012
what is the worst that would happen to him if they left him in their care?? they did such a good job with the 12 yr old girl that she was drinking at funland on a saturday afternoon. Probably better off to let the courts handle this one
ryan c
8:26 pm on Saturday, June 30, 2012
amen i agree with your idea, is say they let him into my care and ill give him the proper punishment. I would show him what happens when you pull sick sedistic things like that with a young child like her, and the parents of this poor girl? they shuld have kept alot closer of an eye on this little girl then they obviously do.... some people are just twisted.
denise
9:06 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012
Unreal...so sad...and scary...
Shaun
9:25 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012
Toss the scumbag in a cage and spread around what he's there for. The other inmates will handle it in time.
John Stadtman
10:14 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012
So, what else lurks in Funland?
How long has he been 'squatting' there ???
Wasn't there some other 'ruckus' reported there not too long ago ???
Proctor3
1:09 am on Friday, June 22, 2012
This is wrong. All the facts are not provided. Him being 20 is a minor from alchol as well. Take it from a teenaged girl that knows everyone who hangs there and the people who were there. A kiss takes two people, so they're both in the wrong. He doesn't belong in jail. That isn't rape or malestation. The police should pay attention to the real crime being made in this town. I've gone to the police plenty of times about real crimes, not teenage problems. Nothing was done, not bashing the Tewksbury police because in 3 years I plan on becoming one. Thus all four of them shouldn't have been intoxicated and the 12 year old shouldn't of been hanging with people so much older than herself. This is a lesson that shall teach many and the people involved.
Joe Bill
9:58 am on Friday, June 22, 2012
Procter, that's scary that you want to become a police officer because you have poor judgment and not to mention atrocious grammar. We're talking about a 12 year old girl and a 20 year old man who supplied alcohol to the 12 year old girl. There is a reason why you have to be 18 to be considered an adult. A 12 year old girl cannot give consent in the eyes of the law, therefore any sexual contact between a legal adult and a 12 year old qualifies as assault. You have a lot of studying to do if you want to be a police officer.
SD From T-Bury
10:49 am on Friday, June 22, 2012
If he is 18 or older and she is under, it is statutory rape. At 12 years old, your powers of reasoning just aren't there. Add the alcohol and it's even worse. This guy needs to be locked up for this (and is obviously a repeat criminal) and the owner of the property needs to clear out or do something with this piece of land ASAP.
Dirk Anderson
12:01 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012
Proctor3,
The fact that you do not see why a 20 year old man should be arrested for being naked with a 12 year old girl and that this IS a very real crime is very scary. You are correct in that 12 year olds should (hopefully) know better than to be hanging around with a 20 year old and drinking, and they are certainly guilty of at least temporary stupidity, but this man needs to be put away,
Mary
9:58 am on Friday, June 22, 2012
The growth of bushes, shrubs and trees at this property is deplorable. The owner of the property should be forced to clean it up! Maybe if more of the property was visible from Main Street, maybe things like this wouldn't occur. If we want new businesses to fill in these vacant lots, we should have it kept eye appealing. Time to come down on the owner. This whole situation was horrible and I feel bad for the victim.
SD From T-Bury
10:42 am on Friday, June 22, 2012
I agree with Mary. Clean up the lot. Either get rid of the shrubbery growing wild and give some visual access to the buildings or just bulldoze the whole thing if you don't plan to ever re-open it. This is unacceptable.
Joe Public
10:57 am on Friday, June 22, 2012
Absolutely true there are regulations through the Commonwealth of Massachusetts allowing both the Fire Department, Inspectional Services to order the owner to do just that. Remove vegetation!!!1
Melissa Gleaton
11:20 am on Friday, June 22, 2012
Here is a question... since it was on private property, is the owner liable in any way for what happened?
Dirk Anderson
12:05 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012
We as a town need to find a way to force owners of vacant properties (and some non-vacant ones!) to keep their proterties from being eyesores or worse.
Rachel Henba
3:04 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012
Good god I hope I'm not still in town when Proctor3 is on the force.
There are so many things wrong here. I really don't even know what to say. It sickens me that his listed primary residence is just a short walk away from my house. There are children and young adults in my neighborhood that need to be extra cautious.
Brooke
3:23 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012
This is all around one of the scummiest things I've read about Tewksbury. Rape or no rape aside, a 12 year old was drinking? Hanging out at an abandoned property and drinking to the point of 3 times the legal limit? PARENTS??? Hello DCF.
Joe Bill
3:38 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012
In a few years the 12 year old is going to be getting picked up at the Caswell or Motel 6.
illegal alien
5:03 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012
Yes Jonathan....all was good in FunLand....until the police showed up.
Andrew
9:10 am on Sunday, June 24, 2012
i used to work in a garage next to funland and ive had to get kids out of there before. im just suprised that something like this didnt happen sooner. something needs to be done with the property and the property owner should be held responsible for not keeping people out.
alessandraC
1:05 pm on Wednesday, July 4, 2012
First of all, he was 21.. or else he wouldn't be able to get alcohol.. second of all.. I think that this is a serious issue.. but I DON'T think his intentions were to rape her or to have any sexual contact. Even if they didn't have sex.. and even if she consented to it ( drunk or not ) it's still considered rape.. and Proctor3, rape or sexual assault of any kind is serious and not just teenaged problems.. they were naked.. she's 12 he's in his early 20's.. Being so young and sexually assaulted or harassed by someone older than you is a scary thing. This girl, if she remembers what happened, is going to be messed up for a while. As for the Tewksbury Police, you're doing the right thing. In two years I plan on going to school for criminal justice and law. To be honest I cannot wait to bring justice to all of the men and women who take advantage of children and teens.
Paul Hurteau
8:17 pm on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
"To be honest I cannot wait to bring justice to all of the men and women who take advantage of children and teens.'
You just failed the psych test.
the truth
7:49 am on Sunday, September 30, 2012
Yo jonny cam should stay in jail wht he did was rong and un called for and leaves tht girl scared tht she has too sleep with her parents and other family members bc she can't sleep and scared tht he is just going to show up bc he use too stoke her and she was passed out and he toke avantage of her if it wasent for her friends she would of been raped lisson too someone tht knos them both I bleave her over him soo the ppl tht are saying shit like takes too to kiss he dosent belong there yes he dose belong there he is a peace of shit dad and all around human bein soo y don't u think how this girl is feeling and take her side he is 21 and she is 13 thts a 8 years diffrence u dumb asses
the truth
12:36 am on Monday, October 1, 2012
And u can't help when ppl brake in its not the owners falt its his the owner dident do this too her he did and if they couldent brake in too tht place they would found some were ealse too go and it still would off happend soo don't blame it on tht guy blame it on jonny cam kk tht retared diseves eveything tht he is going too get if he doset stay in jail everyone in tewksbury lowell dracut are looking for him
Mike
3:10 pm on Saturday, December 29, 2012
Cam u better never show your face around Tewksbury again ur better off staying in jail u scumbag you've f*cked so many people over in this town burn in hell u piece of sh*t