Man accused of raping teen over 4 years, threatened to kill himself for sex
CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Curwensville man was placed in the county jail over Easter weekend after a teen accused him of raping her over four years.
Eric Young, 42, was placed in the Clearfield County Jail following his arraignment Saturday, April 19 after Magisterial District Judge David Meholick denied his bail citing in court documents that he 'is an imminent threat to the minor victim.'
The 14-year-old girl arrived at the Curwensville Borough Police Station on Friday, April 18 to report Young for sexual assault. State police arrived at the station to speak with the girl about the alleged assaults.
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When speaking to authorities, the teen claimed that Young had been raping her for the past four years. She described that Young allegedly touched her multiple times in intimate places.
According to the criminal complaint, the girl told troopers Young sexually assaulted her three to four times per month. She also described incidents in which Young would make her touch him inappropriately along with making her perform sexual acts on him or Young performing sexual acts on her.
In one incident, the girl claimed Young forced her into having sex with her after he allegedly threatened to 'kill himself if she didn't,' according to the affidavit. Troopers noted the girl said she and Young had sexual intercourse at least six times.
Young was also alleged to have given the teen his cell phone so she could take pictures of herself when she had no clothes on and he also had sent her pornographic pictures. The girl further claimed that Young told her not to tell anyone about what they did allegedly saying that he 'would get in trouble,' according to the complaint.
Later on April 18, troopers executed a search warrant on Young's Curwensville home regarding the sexual assault case. During the search, several items of drug paraphernalia and marijuana were found. State police said approximately three pounds of marijuana in a glass jar was found along with 15 glass smoking devices, two grinders with marijuana residue and two marijuana plants growing in a heated tent. According to court documents, Young did not possess a license or was authorized to grow marijuana.
When troopers questioned Young about the sexual assault allegations, he allegedly admitted the incidents occurred multiple times and admitted to having sex with the girl on two separate occasions.
Young was charged with six felony counts of rape, six felony counts of statutory sexual assault of a person 11 years or older, 24 felony counts of deviate sexual intercourse forcible compulsion and a slew of felony and misdemeanor charges. He's facing a total of 138 charges in this case.
Young was also charged in a separate drug case with one felony count and 17 misdemeanor counts involving drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.
A preliminary hearing in the sexual assault case is scheduled for April 23.
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