Hopkinton Man Convicted of Sex Crime
On Monday, George Scandalis pleaded guilty to two charges stemming form a 2010 incident and must register as a sex offender.
On Monday, Dec. 19, Hopkinton resident George Scandalis pleaded guilty to indecent assault and battery of a person over the age of 14 and enticing a minor. The charges stemmed from an incident that occurred in Worcester in August of 2010. According to a story in the Worcester Telegram and Gazette from that summer, Scandalis asked a young boy if he could use his cell phone. When Scandalis was using the phone, he asked the boy to sit inside the vehicle with him and the boy agreed. "While the two were inside the vehicle, the boy told police, Mr. Scandalis used his phone and then indecently assaulted him before allowing him to leave," according to the Telegram & Gazette. According to Worcester County District Attorney Spokesman Tim Collins, …