A MAN ACCUSED OF CONNING PARENTS INTO ALLOWING HIM TO BE ALONE WITH THEIR CHILDREN…

Newsday

Ben Hawkins, a 44 year old man accused of conning parents into allowing him to be alone withtheir children to conduct a marketing survey of underwear, was indicted yesterday on 19 criminalcounts involving 11 minors.  Hawkins was indicted on charges including kidnapping, grosssexual imposition and attempted gross sexual imposition.  He contacted parents by taking outads in an alternative newspaper and online and by responding to ads for home child care.

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