Click here to subscribe today or Login.
PITTSTON — A man accused of raping a child — using snacks as bribes for sex — is now facing trial.
Christopher McCauley, 41, appeared before District Judge Alexandra Kokura Kravitz for a preliminary hearing Wednesday.
McCauley waived the hearing, sending these charges to county court: rape of a child, indecent assault on a person under age 13, indecent exposure and corruption of minors.
According to the criminal complaint:
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center personnel notified police Jan. 25 about possible child abuse. A doctor told police he released the victim, but had advised Children and Youth Services about the matter.
Shortly after midnight Jan. 26, the grandmother of the victim advised Duryea police she had information about the abuse. When police arrived at a Main Street residence, the grandmother told officers the victim confided that “in order to get snacks,” the child would have sex with McCauley.
Authorities confirmed the incidents occurred only in Duryea over the past year.
McCauley is scheduled for a formal arraignment at 10 a.m. June 1 in the Luzerne County Courthouse. He remains jailed for lack of $100,000.