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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Sixty-eight-year-old Henry Caparelli of Pittsburgh, a former Emergency Operations Center Manager for Allegheny County and the City of Pittsburgh is accused of sexually assaulting a child who was in his care. He is charged with multiple counts of aggravated indecent assault, as well as a count of unlawful contact with a minor, along with two counts of indecent assault of a person less than 13 years old, including a count of endangering the welfare of children and two counts of corruption of minors. According to a criminal complaint, a victim wrote the allegations in the notes app on her phone and a parent discovered it. The allegations were then reported to the police and an investigation began. Police state that Caparelli is accused of spanking the victim, watching pornography in her presence and touching her over and under her clothing on multiple occasions. Investigators note that they interviewed the victim at UPMC Children’s Hospital Child Advocacy Center in September of 2025. The victim told an interviewer she kept what happened in her notes app because she did not want to talk about the situation out loud. Caparelli spent almost 20 years with the city of Pittsburgh in emergency operations. He left that position and worked with Allegheny County as the emergency operations center communications manager from 2010 to 2014. Court documents show that Caparelli was arrested by Pittsburgh police and arraigned on Monday. He was released yesterday on unsecured bail. Caparelli is scheduled to appear in court on March 18th, 2026.