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WILKES-BARRE — A man accused by Wilkes-Barre City police of sexually assaulting a then 16-year-old girl in 2019 pled guilty in Luzerne County Court on Monday.
Alexander Vanderlinder, 30, last known address as Lehigh Street, Wilkes-Barre, pled guilty to aggravated indecent assault as prosecutors withdrew charges of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault and corruption of minors.
Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. accepted the plea agreement.
City police charged Vanderlinder after a girl reported he sexually assaulted her inside a residence on Hutson Street in July 2019, according to court records.
Vanderlinder is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 17.
Vanderlinder was jailed at the county correctional facility after Sklarosky revoked his bail.