An Ephrata man was charged for sexually assaulting a young girl approximately 35 times from 2012 to 2014, according to East Earl Township police.Â
Jacob Paul Newnam, 24, is facing 10 felonies and two misdemeanors for the assaults, according to court documents.
Police said that Newnam was 16 and 17 years old when he committed the assaults from August 2012 and through January 2014.
Police started investigating in June 2020 after Lancaster County Children and Youth Social Agency referred the girl to East Earl Township police.Â
The girl told police she was 12 years old when Newnam began the sexual abuse and 13 when it ended, according to an affidavit of probable cause.Â
DUI
Pennsylvania State Police have charged Roy Matthew Richardson, 28, of Columbia Cross Roads with two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol, careless driving and operating a vehicle without official certificate of inspection following an incident on Aug. 16.
According to court records, Richardson was stopped on Fallbrook Road in Armenia Township after police saw that he did not have an inspection sticker in the windshield of his vehicle.
Police documents show that during the stop, Richardson told police that he had consumed four alcoholic beverages before driving and showed signs of intoxication including slurred/slow speech, watery eyes and a strong smell of alcohol coming from his person.