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(New Castle, Pa.) State police in New Castle have charged 31-YEAR-OLD Eric Joseph Prothero, of Rochester with charges of one count of rape of a child, one count of involuntary sexual intercourse with a child, three counts of indecent assault of a person under age 13, and three counts of corruption of minors involving an incident with three juveniles at a Little Beaver Township residence.
State police launched a child assault investigation Dec. 20 after receiving a series of Childline reports about suspected child abuse. The reports identified three juveniles whose ages are 12, 15 and 16. The three were then brought in for a series of forensic interviews at the Children’s Advocacy Center of Lawrence County. According to a report, all three identified Prothero as the person who had assaulted them.

As of  late last week, Prothero was not in custody.