Jerry Sandusky was handcuffed and removed from his Pennsylvania home earlier today ... after he was hit with 9 NEW sex abuse charges from 2 new accusers.
According to Attorney General of Pennsylvania, the 2 new accusers each say they met Sandusky through the The Second Mile -- an organization for at-risk youth that Sandusky founded.
Officials say, "As in many of the other cases identified to date, the contact with Sandusky allegedly fit a pattern of ?grooming? victims ... Beginning with outings to football games and gifts; they later included physical contact that escalated to sexual assaults.?
One of the new accusers, who is now identified as Victim 9, claims he met Sandusky in 2004 ...� and alleges that bizarre behavior such as hugging, rubbing, cuddling and tickling escalated to sexual assaults ... some of which were performed in the swimming pool and Jacuzzi of a hotel near Penn State.
The other new accuser, identified as Victim 10, claims he was 10-years-old when Sandusky would have ?wrestling? sessions in the basement of the coach's home -- which escalated to oral sex.
The Attorney General announced that Sandusky was charged with 4 new counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and 2 counts of unlawful contact with a minor, all felonies which are each punishable by up to 20 years in prison and $25,000 fines.
Sandusky was also charged with 1 count of indecent assault and 2 counts of endangering the welfare of children, all third-degree felonies which are each punishable by up to seven years in prison and $15,000 fines.
1:20 PM PT: Sandusky has been transferred to a Pennsylvania county jail after failing to make bail.
12:12 PM PT: Bail has been set at $250,000.
Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/07/jerry-sandusky-arrested-sex-abuse-charges/
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