(Oneida, NY – Sept. 13, 2013) Major Rodney W. Campbell of the New York State Police and Chief Deputy Dean Obernesser of the Oneida County Child Advocacy Center, announce the arrest of 42 year-old, Benji L. Dyer of 401 Healy Ave., Rome for thiord-degree Criminal Sexual Act in violation of Penal Law Section 130.40 (2). .
It is alleged that Dyer, a registered sex offender, engaged in oral sexual conduct with a child under the age of 17. Dyer was arraigned in the City of Rome Court and remanded to the Oneida County Jail without bail.
The investigation was conducted by State Police Investigator Todd Grant , who is currently assigned to the Oneida County Child Advocacy Center. The Oneida County Child Advocacy Center is a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary team that fights child abuse by providing a wide range of services for child victims, while also aggressively pursuing the offenders of these crimes.