An ex-employee of Sacred Coronary heart College going through intercourse crime prices referred to as himself “an evil of the world” in a pre-written apology be aware discovered by investigators after he was arrested by an undercover cop posing as a 14-year-old lady final week.
Matthew Janik, 39, was arrested on Dec. 30 on felony prices of attractive a minor by laptop, tried second-degree sexual assault of a minor, tried unlawful sexual contact with a minor, and tried industrial intercourse abuse of a minor, the Connecticut Submit reported.
A Bloomfield police officer pretending to be a 14-year-old lady on-line struck up a dialog with Janik on Dec. 24 by way of the web site Chatib, based on a police report obtained by the native outlet.
Janik allegedly talked about desirous to have intercourse and arrange a late-night assembly at a McDonald’s in Bloomfield, Conn. with the individual he believed was a minor on Dec. 30, police stated within the report.
As a substitute, detectives have been ready close to the McDonald’s for Janik and arrested him upon arrival.
Officers discovered a laptop computer, cellphone, and a receipt for condoms bought that night time whereas looking out his car, police stated. A pre-written apology was found on the laptop computer — addressed to the household of the nonexistent lady who Janik thought he was assembly.
“Matthew explained [in the apology] that no one deserves to worry about their child on any night and that in this instance, he turned into something to worry about,” the report stated.
He additionally referred to as himself “an evil of the world” within the apology be aware, based on police.
SHU suspended Janik following his arrest. He had served because the affiliate director of athletics communications on the college since December 2022, based on his since-deleted profile on the college’s web site.
Janik admitted to driving to Bloomfield with the intention of getting intercourse with the individual he thought was a 14-year-old lady throughout an interview on the police station, police stated. He had additionally despatched pictures of himself in his underwear to the undercover officer, based on the report.
“Matthew claimed that he acted out of character today because he is bored and lonely, and not feeling fulfilled with his work,” the police report learn.
Nonetheless, Janik additionally confessed to having spoken with a staggering 50 ladies who all claimed to be below the age of 18, police stated.
He allegedly admitted that he had acquired nude pictures from the ladies, together with no less than a dozen from ladies as younger as 11 and 12 years outdated. He claimed that he hadn’t saved any of the pictures, based on the report.
The disgraced athletics worker reportedly instructed police that he had been specializing in ladies primarily between the ages of 14 and 20 years outdated for a couple of decade.
Janik had beforehand met in individual with folks he was chatting with on-line, together with a girl in her 20s and a 16-year-old whereas he was nonetheless residing in New Hampshire years in the past, police stated.
Janik was being held in lieu of $250,000 bail and was scheduled to seem Monday at Superior Courtroom in Hartford, Conn.
