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HUNLOCK TWP. — Pennsylvania State Police at Shickshinny charged Brent Thoma Atherton, 23, on allegations he sexually assaulted a girl while he was babysitting, according to court records.
Atherton, of Pine Valley Drive, was arraigned by District Judge Brian Tupper of Kingston Township on two counts each of aggravated indecent assault and indecent assault. He was released on $50,000 bail.
The alleged assaults took place in 2016.
State police charged Atherton after the girl was questioned by a forensic interviewer at the Luzerne County Children’s Advocacy Center in Wilkes-Barre.
When confronted with the allegations, Atherton denied any involvement but later admitted to inappropriately touching the girl on two occasions while he was babysitting, court records say.