| For Immediate Release Case # TBA January 25, 2013 |
Susan Kang Schroeder Chief of Staff Office: 714-347-8408 Cell: 714-292-2718 Farrah Emami
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REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING UNDERAGE BOY AFTER MEETING HIM ON FACEBOOK
SANTA ANA – A registered sex offender was charged yesterday with sexually assaulting an underage boy after meeting him on Facebook. Chris Glen Phernambucq, 31, Anaheim, is charged with one felony count each of contacting a child with the intent to commit oral copulation, oral copulation of a minor, possession and control of child pornography with prior convictions for possession of child pornography and using a minor to create pornography, using a minor for distribution of obscene matter with prior convictions for possession of child pornography and using a minor to create pornography, and using a minor for sex acts. Phernambucq has prison prior convictions for using a minor to create pornography in 2006 and unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor three years younger than the defendant in 2003. If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum sentence of nine years and four months in state prison and lifetime sex offender registration. Phernambucq is scheduled to be arraigned today, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana.
Phernambucq is a lifetime registered sex offender based on his prior convictions for using a minor to create pornography in 2006 and unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor three years younger than the defendant in 2003.
In December 2012, Phernambucq is accused of meeting 17-year-old John Doe on Facebook. Prior to the sexual assault, Phernambucq is accused of telling the victim he was a pornography director and wanted to hire him to be in his pornographic film.
On or about Jan. 23, 2013, Phernambucq is accused of meeting John Doe at an abandoned house in Anaheim. The defendant is accused of having him undress and creating child pornography by videotaping sexual acts between John Doe and another male. He is accused of orally copulating John Doe. The victim became uncomfortable and left.
Upon learning that Phernambucq is a registered sex offender, John Doe told his family about the sexual assault, who then contacted the Anaheim Police Department to report the crime. The identity and age of the other male in the video is under investigation.
Phernambucq’s lifetime sex offender registration bars him from entering County recreational areas and City parks which have passed the Sex Offender Ordinance. Visit www.orangecountyda.com to read the prior press releases on the County’s Sex Offender Ordinance as well as the 14 other cities that have enacted the Child Safety Zone Ordinance.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with additional information or who believes they have been a victim is encouraged to contact Supervising District Attorney Investigator Anthony Sosnowski at (714) 834-8794.
Deputy District Attorney Jess Rodriguez of the Sexual Assault Unit is prosecuting this case.