Jun 7, 2007 1:53 pm US/Eastern
Man Accused Of Pricking Underage Girls' Buttocks
STATEN ISLAND (CBS/AP) ―
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The Staten Island District Attorney says Frank Ranieri paid five teen-age girls thousands of dollars since 2003, so that he could jab their behinds with a pen while he gratified himself.
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A Staten Island man was arrested after police say he paid underage girls thousands of dollars to let him prick their buttocks with sharp objects as part of a sexual fetish of his.
Frank Ranieri, 25, faces seven years in prison after police tell CBS 2 HD that he paid at least three girls between the ages of 15 and 17 $500 an hour to indulge in the obscure act known as "piquerism," a sexual fixation on penetrating the body with sharp objects, such as pins or nails, and in Rainieri's case, a pen.
"Mr. Ranieri had punctured the skin of the hind buttocks area of young teenage girls who are high school age with pens and pins," Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan said.
Digg This Story!Donovan said one of the girls had allegedly been paid $6,000 by Ranieri. Police were notified when her friend decided to give them a call.
As if the story couldn't be any more bizarre, the victim was allegedly told an even stranger story when Ranieri asked her to take part in the fetish.
"The first victim was a young lady who was going to take over Mr. Ranieri's paper route, and he convinced this young lady that he had to be sure she wasn't allergic to the ink from the newspapers," Donovan said. "And the test to prove she wasn't allergic to the ink would be allowing him to puncture her buttocks with a ballpoint pen."
Ranieri's attorney Vincent Martinelli claims that there's another side to the story, however. Though he declined to be interviewed by CBS 2, he does say his client was the victim of an extortion attempt.
His neighbors were shocked by the allegations. "Everybody is surprised because we know his family, we know him. He used to be a nice guy, friends used to play [with him] on the block," said John Guerrera.
As for piquerism, the act is actually not illegal among consenting adults. Ranieri's troubles come because he's accused of performing the act on minors. "Inflicting pain with consensual adults typically is described as sadism, but when you're talking about younger kids underage -- male or female -- then we're into a whole other ballpark," said criminal psychiatrist Dr. N.G. Berrill.
None of the victims were seriously injured.
Ranieri was released on $500,000 bail and is due back in court on Monday. He's been charged with committing a sexually motivated felony under a new state law. If convicted, he could have to register as a sexual offender and face civil confinement after his jail term ends.
(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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