Man facing sex charge after 12 girls
found living in his home

A Pennsylvania man faces charges including sexual assault
after police say they found him living with 12 girls, including
an 18-year-old and two children he fathered with her.

POLICE IN BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, JUST NORTH
OF PHILADELPHIA, ARRESTED LEE KAPLAN, 51, ON
THURSDAY. POLICE SAID THE GIRLS LIVING WITH KAPLAN
AT HIS HOUSE RANGED IN AGE FROM 6 MONTHS TO 18
YEARS.
IN A RELATED CASE, AUTHORITIES NEARLY 100 MILES
AWAY IN LANCASTER COUNTY ARRESTED THE PARENTS
OF THE 18-YEAR-OLD, WITH POLICE SAYING THE COUPLE
HAD “GIFTED” THEIR DAUGHTER TO KAPLAN FOR
HELPING THEM OUT OF FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES. SHE
WAS 14 WHEN HER FIRST CHILD WAS CONCEIVED, THE
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SAID.
KAPLAN WAS CHARGED WITH STATUTORY SEXUAL
ASSAULT, CORRUPTION OF MINORS, AGGRAVATED
INDECENT ASSAULT, INDECENT ASSAULT AND UNLAWFUL
CONTACT WITH A MINOR, ACCORDING TO A POLICE
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FILED N BUCKS COUNTY.
THE 18-YEAR-OLD’S PARENTS, DANIEL AND SAVILLA
STOLTZFUS OF QUARRYVILLE, ARE CHARGED WITH
ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN. DANIEL
STOLTZFUS ALSO FACES CHARGES OF CRIMINAL
CONSPIRACY AND STATUTORY SEXUAL ASSAULT,
ACCORDING TO A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FILED BY POLICE
IN BUCKS COUNTY.
ALL THREE ADULTS ARE BEING HELD ON $1 MILLION BAIL
IN THE BUCKS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY,
ACCORDING TO COURT DOCKETS.
CNN HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REACH ATTORNEYS FOR
EITHER THE STOLTZFUSES OR KAPLAN
NEIGHBOR COMPLAINT GETS POLICE ATTENTION
OFFICERS FROM THE LOWER SOUTHAMPTON POLICE
DEPARTMENT SAID THEY RESPONDED TO THE SMALL
WHITE HOME ON OLD STREET IN THE FEASTERVILLE
COMMUNITY ON A TIP FROM A NEIGHBOR.
JEN BETZ TOLD CNN AFFILIATE WPVI THAT SHE
CONTACTED AUTHORITIES AFTER SHE SAW TWO GIRLS
OUTSIDE KAPLAN’S HOUSE LOOKING “UNHAPPY AND
SAD.”
“I JUST WASN’T GOING TO LET GO. I SAW A COUPLE
GIRLS LAST WEEK STANDING IN THE DRIVEWAY. THEY
JUST LOOKED UNHAPPY AND SAD … AND I’VE BEEN
TELLING MY HUSBAND FOR YEARS SOMETHING ISN’T
RIGHT, SOMETHING ISN’T RIGHT,” BETZ TOLD THE
STATION .
KAPLAN HAD TOLD NEIGHBORS THAT NO CHILDREN
LIVED WITH HIM, ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT.
IN HIS BOOKING PHOTO, KAPLAN APPEARS WITH LONG
GRAY HAIR AND AN UNKEMPT BEARD. HE IS THE OWNER
OF KAPLAN PRECISION MACHINE COMPANY, ACCORDING
TO STATE CORPORATION FILINGS.
“I REALLY CAN’T BELIEVE IT, BECAUSE I REALLY THOUGHT
IT WAS HIS OWN DAUGHTER,” AN UNIDENTIFIED
NEIGHBOR TOLD CNN AFFILIATE KYW, REFERRING TO THE
18-YEAR-OLD. “IT LOOKS LIKE HIS OWN DAUGHTER TO
ME.”
OTHER NEIGHBORS TOLD THE AFFILIATE THE GIRLS
DIDN’T GO TO SCHOOL AND WERE RARELY LET OUTSIDE.
ACCORDING TO POLICE AFFIDAVITS, DANIEL AND
SAVILLA STOLTZFUS “CAME TO AN AGREEMENT” TO GIVE
KAPLAN THEIR DAUGHTER AFTER DANIEL STOLTZFUS
“RESEARCHED THE LEGALITY OF IT ON THE INTERNET,”
THE AFFIDAVIT SAYS.
“STOLTZFUS STATED THAT HIS DAUGHTER … WAS
‘GIFTED’ TO LEE KAPLAN IN THANKS FOR HELPING HIS
FAMILY OUT OF FINANCIAL RUIN,” THE AFFIDAVIT
CONTINUES.
POLICE HAVE NOT REVEALED DETAILS ABOUT THE
IDENTITIES, BACKGROUNDS OR CURRENT WHEREABOUTS
OF THE GIRLS.
“RIGHT NOW WE’RE COORDINATING WITH AUTHORITIES
IN LANCASTER COUNTY TO INTERVIEW THESE CHILDREN
IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT,” LOWER SOUTHAMPTON
POLICE LT. JOHN KRIMMEL TOLD WPVI.