Let's not let this thread go off topic. Here, just to steer it back to what we are talking about. Raping and torture?

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Senior Vice President of New York's Capital Region Chamber Of Commerce & Republican Donor, Pete Bardunias, Has Been Arrested For Attempting To Sexually Abuse & Torture A Girl He Believed Was 15 Years Old
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/local-leader-chamber-commerce-charged-attempted-enticement-minorLocal Leader of Chamber of Commerce Charged with Attempted Enticement of a Minor
Peter Bardunias Faces Potential Life Imprisonment After Allegedly Sending Sadistic Messages to Undercover Law Enforcement Official
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Peter Bardunias, age 59, of Clifton Park, New York, was charged today with attempting to entice a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity. Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), made the announcement.
The criminal complaint filed today alleges that over the past two weeks, Bardunias, a Senior Vice President of Community Advancement for the Capital Region Chamber of Commerce, sent messages to an individual he believed to be a 15 year-year-old girl during which he discussed subjecting the would-be minor to violent and sadistic sexual activity.
As alleged in the complaint, Bardunias told the individual—who was in fact an undercover law enforcement official—that
he wanted to, among other things, “strangle[]” and “tortur[e]” the purported child while raping them. On October 6, 2025, Bardunias traveled to Warren County, New York, to meet the would-be minor and brought them candy to make them feel more comfortable. Bardunias was taken into custody shortly thereafter. The complaint also alleges that
a federal search warrant executed at Bardunias’ residence revealed a box of sex toys which included restraints and a knife consistent with the materials used for the “torture chamber” Bardunias told the would-be child he was going to prepare to rape and torture them within.
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