Prosecutors Want Jerry Sandusky Kept Indoors Following Complaints About Him Watching Children in Nearby Schoolyard

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Feb 7, 2012

Jerry Sandusky is currently under house arrest, but some recent conduct has prosecutors seeking further restrictions for the former Penn State football assistant.

Prosecutors asked on Tuesday to have Sandusky kept indoors as part of his bail conditions, citing complaints that he was seen outside watching children in a nearby schoolyard from his back porch, according to The Associated Press.

Sandusky is awaiting trial on child molestation charges, but Pennsylvania's attorney general reportedly wants the former Penn State assistant's conditions revised so that he is not allowed outside except to seek medical treatment. Sandusky had already requested that he be allowed to come in contact with his grandchildren, which prosecutors reportedly oppose.

"Several individuals from the adjacent elementary school have expressed concerns for the safety of children at their school and the adjacent neighborhood," prosecutors wrote in a court filing. "Such concerns will only mushroom if defendant is permitted to roam at will outside his house."

Attached to the court filing was an exhibit that reportedly outlined the concern of a teacher and an intern at the nearby school.

"They advised the neighbor that yesterday they had the children outside for recess as it was a warmer day, and that they both witnessed Mr. Sandusky on his rear house deck watching the children play," investigator Anthony Sassano wrote on Jan. 26.

Sandusky's lawyer, Joe Amendola, did not immediately respond to the latest prosecution filing, according to The Associated Press.

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