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A Warren man faces charges in two counties, including criminal solicitation in Warren County.

Dakota F. Proctor-Burch, 30, of Warren, was charged by subpoena hand-delivered Friday. He is charged locally with criminal solicitation – forcible rape, a first-degree felony; illegal use of a computer and criminal use of a communications facility, both third-degree felonies; and two counts of unlawful distribution of an intimate image for incidents, a second-degree misdemeanor, for a case that began Oct. 3 in Warren. Bail was set by Judge Raymond Zydonik at $25,000. Proctor-Burch is due back in court for a preliminary hearing on November 6.

If convicted in Warren County, Proctor-Burch could face up to 20 years in prison for the first-degree felony charge and seven years for the third-degree felony charge.

The probable cause affidavit in the Warren case alleges that Proctor-Burch took over his wife’s Snapchat account and used it to talk to other men while posing as his wife, including convincing a man to come to the house he shared with his wife to engage. sexual acts. The woman told police that Proctor-Burch was able to figure out and log into her Snapchat passwords on her own device, then allegedly changed the password so the woman could not access his account.

“The victim was able to provide numerous screenshots of people she knew stating that her old account was active and that the person using it was impersonating her,” the probable cause affidavit states. “Screenshots showed the defendant sending nude images and videos of the victim.”

Police investigating the complaint contacted one of the men Proctor-Burch had been in contact with. The man told police, according to the affidavit, that he was communicating with the Snapchat account under the impression he was talking to the woman. Proctor-Burch allegedly provided the man with her address. The investigation included a search warrant filed with Snap Inc., the owner of Snapchat, with police receiving photos, videos, a history of account edits, IP addresses and chat logs. This information was then compared to Proctor-Burch’s employer’s travel logs, according to the affidavit.

“Data used from both the Snapchat search warrant and travel logs indicated that it was the defendant who regularly logged into the account, activated and deactivated it, and chatted with others while pretending to be the victim.”

Proctor-Burch had previously been booked into the Elk County Jail after he failed to post the initial $50,000 bond set for several charges filed there on Oct. 4. According to the criminal record, Proctor-Burch was charged with making terroristic threats with intent to injure another, a third-degree felony; two counts of carrying a prohibited firearm without a license and harassment by communicating obscene, threatening language, etc. He waived his arraignment Monday in Elk County Court and is scheduled to be formally arraigned Nov. 11. The most serious charge in Elk County carries a maximum of seven years in prison.

According to the Courier Express in DuBois, state police in Ridgeway charged Proctor-Burke after he allegedly threatened to shoot someone. According to the probable cause affidavit filed in the Elk County case and cited by the Courier Express, a woman met Proctor on Plum Street in Warren on Oct. 3. During that meeting, Proctor-Burch allegedly confronted the woman about her relationship with a man. The woman began filming the conversation as it intensified, according to the affidavit. During this conversation, Proctor-Burch allegedly said he would break into the other man’s house and shoot him and himself.

That same day, state police in Ridgeway received a call from the other man, who told them that Proctor-Burch was knocking on his door and sending dozens of messages to the other man’s phone and that of the Warren woman asking them to answer the door. Police reported that Proctor-Burch left the home on Kane Street in Jones Township before police arrived, but police allegedly saw the truck he was driving coming from the home and stopped him. Proctor-Burch allegedly told police he had just left the man’s home. The woman and unnamed man told the story to police while the woman shared the video she took in Warren.

According to the affidavit, Proctor-Burch allowed police to search his truck, and police seized two firearms, two cell phones and a holster. Proctor-Burch, police say, does not have a concealed carry permit.

Warren police interviewed Proctor-Burch while he was incarcerated in the Elk County Jail. According to the affidavit, Proctor-Burch waived his rights and admitted to sending nude images and videos of his wife to other men.

“The accused admitted to doing this without her knowledge because he was angry with her at the time the conversation took place,” the probable cause affidavit filed in the Warren County case states.