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Sex charges withdrawn against Hunlock Township man

WILKES-BARRE — Prosecutors withdrew charges of aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault and sexual assault against John Alan Stone, 37, during a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court on Monday.

State police at Shickshinny charged Stone, of Sunset Lake Road, after investigating allegations by a girl who claimed he performed a lewd act on her. He was charged in August after DNA recovered from the girl’s body matched Stone’s DNA, according to court records.

Stone waived a single count of corruption of minors to Luzerne County Court.