Collin McAnally
A pair of brothers living in Towamencin Township have been charged with kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old boy in December 2017.
Connor McAnally, 26, and Collin McAnally, 25, of the unit block of Longwood Court West, have been charged in connection with the two-year investigation, stemming from a missing person report filed on Dec. 2, 2017.
According to the criminal complaint, Towamencin Township Police were notified at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 2, 2017, of a missing 13-year-old boy who was last seen at the basketball courts near Liberty Bell Drive and Adams Road in the Towamencin Condominiums complex. At 9:21 p.m. that evening, the boy was located near Liberty Bell and Continental Drives within the complex, and two males were seen running east on Continental Drive by fire company personnel.
The males were unable to be located that evening, police said, though investigators later identified them as Connor and Collin McAnally.
The boy’s mother took him to Einstein Medical Center at 1:50 a.m. the following morning because he was acting abnormal, according to the complaint. A drug test was performed, which later showed that the boy had marijuana and methamphetamine in his system, but the doctors stated that they believed the positive reading for methamphetamine was due to the boy’s ADHD medication, the report states.
On Dec. 13, 2017, Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center conducted an interview with the boy, who related that on Dec. 2 he was taken to a house belonging to the mother of Collin (then 23 years old) and Connor (then 25 years old) McAnally, located along the unit block of Longwood Court West, the report states. The boy told investigators that the McAnally brothers forced him to smoke marijuana, and told him not to mention anything to police because it was illegal, the report states.
On Dec. 28, 2017, Connor McAnally spoke to investigators and provided a written statement in which he allegedly admitted to having the boy at his home with his brother, the report states.
Afterwards, both Connor and Collin McAnally were charged with one misdemeanor count of corruption of minors. Collin plead guilty to the charge on April 11, 2019, and was sentenced to four days to 23 months in county jail, followed by one year of probation. Connor’s case remains unresolved according to court records, and no plea has been entered.
Then on May 9, 2019, Mission Kids conducted a second interview with the boy, regarding the Dec. 2, 2017 incident. The boy stated that he was playing basketball when he was approached by Collin and Connor McAnally, who allegedly threatened him to get into their vehicle and took him to their mother’s house, the report states.
Upon arrival to the house, the boy stated that the brothers forced him to smoke marijuana "or they would kill him,” according to the complaint. While at the home, the boy stated that the brothers allegedly pulled their pants down—as well as his—and began to perform oral sex on the boy, despite him telling them to stop, the report states. The boy stated that Connor and Collin went on to masturbate in front of him, and he tried to dial 9-1-1 but there was no wireless connection, according to the report.
Connor then allegedly picked up the boy and placed him into a closet in a bedroom, where he allegedly raped him, according to the report. The complaint states that the boy tried to punch Connor, but Connor allegedly had a pocket knife and threatened to stab him. Later, the boy said that Connor used the knife to cut the head off of a stuffed animal and told him he would do the same to the boy if he ever told anyone what happened, the report states.
As a result of the new allegations:
Collin McAnally was arraigned on Wednesday morning by Magisterial District Judge Ed Levine, who set bail at $100,000 unsecured. He was then released from custody, and his next court appearance is a preliminary hearing on Oct. 31 at 1 p.m. in front of Judge Levine.
During Collin’s arraignment, his attorney—identified as Bonnie Keagy, who represented him on the original corruption of a minor charge—argued that the age of the case, Collin not being a flight risk, and the charges potentially falling under double jeopardy should result in unsecured bail.
"There is a potential double jeopardy issue here,” Keagy, who was appointed as Collin’s attorney on the prior charge due to a conflict with the public defenders office, said later. "My client is obviously innocent until proven guilty, he turned himself in and he did what he was supposed to do."
Keagy added that though she has not been appointed as Collin’s attorney on the new charges, she filled in to make sure that he wasn’t "railroaded by the system.”
"I know Judge Levine wouldn’t do that, he’s a good man, but I wanted to make sure that Collin was protected,” said Keagy. "Now we have to let the court decide who will represent him.”
Connor McAnally is scheduled to be arraigned on the charges on Thursday at 1:15 p.m. in front of Judge Levine. He is currently serving a three-day to six-month jail sentence after pleading guilty to a DUI charge on Tuesday morning.
North Penn Now has put in requests with the Towamencin Township Police Department for the JNET booking images of both Collin and Connor McAnally. We will add them to this article when they have been received.
(Editor’s note: All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using court records and the affidavit of probable cause, and reflects the point of view of the police. Should the defendant choose to issue a public statement, or is later found not guilty or has the charges dropped, we will update this article accordingly.)
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