William Stonebraker, 55, and Marie Stonebraker, 43, each have two cases against them, which Senior Judge Richard Lewis ordered be consolidated during Blair County court proceedings on Wednesday.

Lewis scheduled the Stonebrakers’ jury selection for Aug. 25 and for the trial to tentatively begin on Oct. 14.

William Stonebraker’s first case was brought after state police at Hollidaysburg charged him in June 2020 with hundreds of counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 16.

In that case, Stonebraker was accused of sexually abusing a juvenile female from Sept. 1, 2016, until Sept. 1, 2018, when she was between the ages of 13 and 15 years old. The victim told investigators that when she was 13 years old, Stonebraker asked her if she was worried about being sexually inexperienced and suggested they start touching each other.

Marie Stonebraker

The victim told officers the assaults happened up to twice a day, about four times a week. She said Stonebraker told her if she told anyone, he would have to lie to avoid going to jail.

In March 2023, state police filed hundreds of additional child sexual abuse charges against Stonebraker in a second case for allegedly sexually abusing a second juvenile female beginning when she was 6 years old.

Court documents state the incidents occurred between February 2014 and February 2021 at Stonebraker’s Hollidaysburg home.

The victim reported being told to take her clothes off, get in bed and then Stonebraker, who was naked, would put his genitals on her. When the victim was between 8 and 11 years old, Stonebraker showered with her and made her touch his genitals while he touched her inappropriately, according to the criminal complaint.

The victim reported being made to watch Stonebraker and Marie have sexual intercourse on two occasions — once when she was 10 or 11 years old and the second when she was 12 years old. She said William Stonebraker then put his hands around her neck, causing her to have a hard time breathing and leaving red marks around her neck.

Police reports state that Stonebraker was also accused of exposing himself to other juveniles, aged 12 and 14.

In May 2023, Marie Stonebraker was charged with hundreds of offenses, including indecent assault of a person less than 13 and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child.

During an interview at the Children’s Advocacy Center, the victim said when William wasn’t home, she would sleep with Marie Stonebraker, which occurred until she was about 12 years old.

The victim reported that Marie Stonebraker sexually abused her at least once a month. The victim said she was warned not to tell anyone and that the abuse was ongoing between 2013-20. She recalled when she was 5 years old, Stonebraker would grab and squeeze her privates while the two were showering together.

Marie Stonebraker was further charged with two felony counts of intimidating a witness/victim and one felony count of retaliation against a witness/victim after allegedly violating a Protection from Abuse order by posting a YouTube video shaming and insulting the victim.

State police watched the video, in which Marie Stonebraker claimed to be sharing her “story” while reading letters directed at the victim. Statements made by Stonebraker in the video include “you call yourself a Christian and lie” and “you will have broken relationships and many other things,” the report states.

The officer found Stonebraker to have acted in retaliation against the victim and, when they reviewed the PFA associated with the case, saw the judge directly prohibited any social media communication or referencing of the victim, the report stated.

With the passing of Judge Fred B. Miller, who inherited the case from former President Judge Elizabeth Doyle, Lewis is the sixth judge to handle the Stonebrakers’ case in the court of common pleas since William Stonebraker’s formal arraignment in August 2020.

While she was still presiding over the case, Doyle convened a hearing to address William Stonebraker’s initial challenges to his charges. A victim then described sexual interactions she said occurred with Stonebraker when she was between 12 and 15 years old. Following her testimony, Doyle issued a ruling allowing all charges to stand.

Doyle had also convened an additional hearing where she heard William Stonebraker’s motion to suppress statements he and his wife made to an investigating state trooper. Testimony at that hearing indicated that Stonebraker declined to address the allegations with the trooper at state police headquarters. But it also indicated that Stonebraker, at his wife’s intervention, had briefly talked with the trooper by phone. Doyle found no issues to justify suppression of any statements.

Both Stonebrakers have remained free on bail while their charges have been pending.

Mirror Staff Writer Rachel Foor is at 814-946-7458.