Massachusetts level 3 sex offender sentenced after assaulting two minors while posing as electric company employee

Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois has announced that a 36-years old Massachusetts man pleaded guilty on Thursday in the Barnstable Superior Court for his role
relating to the assaults on two minor victims.

Jonathan Fleischmann of Yarmouth pleaded guilty to a total of 6 charges: Home Invasion, Firearm Armed Kidnapping, Firearm Armed Assault in a Dwelling, Assault to Rape, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Assault and Battery.

On or about February 6, 2020, at approximately 2:20 pm, Victim 1 was walking home from school with her boyfriend in Yarmouth. Victim 1 arrived at her home to a man later identified as Fleischmann, who claimed to be from the electric company and was there to let her know that the power was going to shut off to her house. When the defendant walked away from her, Victim 1 opened her garage door and walked inside. As she turned, Fleischmann, now wearing a ski mask on top of his head, came into the garage behind her and pulled out a gun. Fleischmann told Victim 1 to get in the house. Victim 1 tried to run out of the garage, but Fleischmann grabbed her by the arm. Victim 2 heard Victim 1 screaming and ran to the garage.
After seeing Victim 2 running towards them, Fleischmann let go of Victim 1, ran down the driveway and out onto the street. Victim 2 chased after Fleischmann and while running, he pointed the gun in the air back towards Victim 2, causing Victim 2 to stop chase for fear of being shot.

Yarmouth Police were called and responded to the scene. During a video canvass, police located a camera on a house near Victim 1’s home. Upon reviewing the video, officers observed a man matching Victim 1’s description running down the street. Victim 1 identified Fleischmann in a photo array on March 10, 2020.

Fleischmann was sentenced in the Barnstable Superior Court to 12-15 years in State Prison.
Charges stemmed from an investigation conducted by Detective Eric Nuss of the Yarmouth Police Department.

Fleishmann is a Level 3 sex offender due to prior convictions in Barnstable District Court of Indecent Assault and Battery on a Child Under 14 in 2006 and Open and Gross Lewdness in 2017.

In June, according to the Massachusetts Department of Justice, Fleischmann was indicted after his co-workers reported to law enforcement that, between March 17 and March 18, 2023, Fleischmann’s cellphone was allegedly observed downloading suspected child pornography media files while his phone was left open and charging on a counter at their workplace. A subsequent search of Fleischmann’s cellphone allegedly identified approximately 255 image files and 55 video files that contained suspected child pornography.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Courtney Scalice, Chief of Vulnerable Victim Abuse and Victim Witness Assistant Kimberly Pierce.