{"id":147348,"date":"2026-03-24T21:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/147348\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T21:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:44:06","slug":"scranton-woman-charged-with-child-rape-abuse-and-child-pornography-offenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/147348\/","title":{"rendered":"Scranton woman charged with child rape, abuse, and child pornography offenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF)  \u2014 A Scranton woman is facing multiple felony charges following an investigation into the alleged sexual abuse of a minor, according to the Lackawanna County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>District Attorney Brian Gallagher announced the arrest of 25-year-old Zsionte D. Owens. Prosecutors allege the abuse involved her 8-year-old child and occurred over a period of time in March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to court documents, Owens is charged with numerous offenses, including rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, unlawful contact with a minor, incest, corruption of minors, endangering the welfare of a child, and charges related to the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators allege the defendant recorded and stored explicit material involving the child and attempted to conceal evidence during the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Officials described the case as particularly serious and said it underscores the importance of protecting children in the community.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation involved the Lackawanna County District Attorney\u2019s Office Special Victims Unit, along with the Northeast Computer Crimes Unit and other law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the victim is now safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A Scranton woman is facing multiple felony charges following an investigation into the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-147348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}