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Police arrested a Philadelphia man accused of sexually abusing at least six children in Chester County over a five-year span and investigators said more victims could be out there.
Crawford allegedly raped his first known victim when the child was 12-years-old and lived near him in Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, over the summer of 2014. Investigators said Crawford began touching the child inappropriately before raping the victim and forcing the child to perform oral sex.
Crawford also sexually assaulted a teen girl between the ages of 15 and 17 beginning in the spring of 2015 in Modena Borough, investigators said. The victim said Crawford raped her when she was in eighth grade and also texted her inappropriate sexual messages to convince her to have sex with him. Crawford allegedly sexually assaulted the teen a second time during the summer of 2015 and sent her several sexually explicit messages, including nude pictures of himself. The third victim said Crawford touched her inappropriately when she was 10-years-old in Modena Borough in November 2015. Crawford told the girl to keep it a secret and would repeatedly buy her things to get her to come back to him whenever she tried to escape from the assaults, according to investigators. The fourth victim told investigators Crawford touched her inappropriately when she was 6-years-old in 2017 in Modena Borough. Police also said they found images of the victim in Crawford’s Google Cloud account. The fifth victim told investigators Crawford groped her when she was 12-years-old in Modena Borough and that he tried to contact her through text messages. The sixth victim told police Crawford began to touch her inappropriately when she was 10-years-old. She also said Crawford physically assaulted her when she was 14-years-old and took her to his home in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, in October 2019. Crawford allegedly prevented the teen from leaving his home and raped her. Crawford’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for January 26. Detectives continue to investigate and are working to determine if more victims are out there. If you have any information on Crawford, call Chester County Detective David Nieves at 610-344-6866. This article tagged under:
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