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Clarence Russell, a 75-year-old employee of Santa's Workshop in Wilmington, New York, was arrested on September 5 by the Ticonderoga police. He is charged with attempted rape and attempting to endanger the welfare of a child after allegedly using the internet to target individuals he believed were arranging sexual encounters with children under 15 years old. Russell’s family confirmed his employment at the long-standing Christmas theme park, which opened in 1949. Both the Ticonderoga Police Department and Santa's Workshop did not provide immediate responses regarding this incident when contacted by The Post.
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Clarence Russell, a 75-year-old employee at Santa's Workshop in Wilmington, NY, was arrested on September 5 by the Ticonderoga Police Department and charged with attempted rape and endangering the welfare of a child. According to police, Russell used the internet to message individuals he believed were arranging sexual encounters with children under the age of 15. The theme park, which opened in July 1949, confirmed Russell's employment but did not provide additional comments at the time. The Ticonderoga Police Department is encouraging anyone with information to contact them at (518) 585-3456.
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A deranged upstate New York Christmas theme park worker allegedly targeted kids online for sexual encounters before getting busted, police said Wednesday.
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Clarence Russell — a 75-year-old employee at Santa’s Workshop in North Pole, NY — was arrested Sept. 5 and charged with attempted rape and attempted endangering the welfare of a child, according to cops and NBC5.
Ticonderoga police say Russell scoured the internet and messaged people he thought were arranging sexual encounters with kids under the age of 15.
Family members confirmed to NBC5 that Russell worked at the historic holiday theme park in Wilmington, NY, which initially opened in July 1949.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Ticonderoga Police Department at (518) 585-3456.
The Ticonderoga Police Department and Santa’s Workshop did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
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