Mark Seidensticker, an aide to Republican Executive Councilor Raymond Burton of New Hampshire, is a repeat sex offender preying on young boys. Seidensticker worked for Burton for more than a decade and Burton was aware of his criminal record. He was arrested for offering beer and cigarettes to a fourteen-year-old boy while driving a car with frankly suspicious equipment: blankets, duct tape, rope, and lubricant.
Seidensticker has an extensive criminal record which in its entirety caused the judge to say “Sinister is what comes to mind.” Seidensticker was convicted for attempted sexual assault of boy in 1992, failing to register as a sex offender, indecent exposure, criminal trespass, and violating a protective order. Duct tape and rope? Hmmm. He was sentenced to a year in prison and two years probation.
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Bangor, Maine
22 Nov 2005, Tue • Page 10