LEHIGH TWP. | The Northampton County District Attorney's Office withdrew several charges against a New York City man accused of fondling a 5-year-old girl from November 2005 to May 2006.
John Neal Conigliaro, 46, of Brooklyn, N.Y., waived charges of indecent assault and corruption of minors to county court Wednesday at his preliminary hearing before District Judge William Zaun while the district attorney's office agreed to drop charges of rape, deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault and indecent exposure.
Police said the assaults occurred in Conigliaro's former home in Walnutport prior to him serving almost two years in prison on an unrelated simple assault and harassment charge.
Police said the girl told a relative in February about the sexual abuse and the relative told children's services, police said.
Police said Conigliaro denied the allegations then changed his story after consenting to a polygraph test. According to court documents, Conigliaro told the examiner the 5-year-old girl initiated sexual contact with him by grabbing him.
He remains in Northampton County Prison on $100,000 bail."
Thursday, 4 September 2008
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment