Teen-Ager Sentenced to 2 Months in Jail for Videotaping Sexual Exploits

A high school senior who secretly videotaped his sexual exploits with two teen-age girls was sentenced to 60 days in jail.

Solvay Village Justice Robert Smolinsky showed no sympathy last week when Shane Heskin, 18, told him a jail sentence and probation would force him to miss graduation ceremonies and ruin his chances of going to college in Minnesota.

“I’m troubled that I attend civic functions, and people feel the need to tell me that you are a bad person,” the judge told Heskin. “You’ve embarrassed us all. You’ve humiliated two young ladies.”

Smolinsky ordered Heskin to begin serving his time June 19, about four hours after his last school exam.

Heskin, a senior at Solvay High School, pleaded guilty March 27 to one count of sexual misconduct and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. He videotaped separate sexual encounters with two girls, ages 15 and 16, at his mother’s home in Solvay in suburban Syracuse.

Assistant Dist. Atty. Rick Trunfio said Heskin bragged about the tapes at school and showed them to friends.

In addition to the jail term, Heskin was put on three years’ probation, and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service.