Disturbing Pennsylvania Child Sex Case

(Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) In December 2012, 45-year-old Carol Hann and her 53-year-old husband Robert Caravella were convicted by a jury for sexual assault of a young boy over a period of years.

Hann has been sentenced to 20 years, nine months to 41 years, three months on charges of rape of a child, conspiracy to commit child rape, corruption of minors and three counts of child endangerment.

County detectives arrested Hann and Caravella in June 2011, after investigating a complaint by county Children and Youth Services about conditions of their household on Gould Street.

The boy, now 14, testified during the trial that Caravella introduced him to pornography when he was 8 years old, and shortly thereafter Hann began forcing him to perform lewd sex acts on her. If he did not perform well, the boy testified, Caravella would “coach” him on how to do certain sex acts.

Caravella is scheduled to be sentenced next week.