VENANGO CO., Pa. (EYT) — A Cooperstown man waived his hearing on Wednesday on charges related to the alleged sexual assaults of two young girls.

Court documents indicate the following charges against 18-year-old Nicholas Scott Dupont were waived for court on Wednesday, June 3:

– Aggravated Indecent Assault — Complainant Less Than 13 Years Old, Felony 2 (three counts)
– Indecent Assault Person Less than 13 Years of Age, Felony 3 (five counts)

The charges have been transferred to the Venango County Court of Common Pleas.

Dupont is currently free on a surety posted by a professional bondsman.

The charges stem from incidents that occurred in Cooperstown Borough, Venango County, involving Nicholas Dupont.

Details of the case:

On December 31, 2019, Franklin-based State Police were made aware of a series of incidents in which it was reported that Nicholas Dupont sexually abused a known female juvenile multiple times between the summer of 2014 and the summer of 2017, according to a criminal complaint.

On January 22, 2020, a forensic interview was conducted with the victim, who is currently 14 years old.

According to the complaint, the victim disclosed that Dupont performed sexual acts on her in the summer of 2014. She indicated the incidents stopped after the summer of 2017.

The victim noted that Dupont told her not to tell anyone “because he was embarrassed.”

The complaint notes the victim also disclosed Dupont did the same thing to a second victim.

On February 6, 2020, a forensic interview was conducted with the second victim who is also currently 14 years old.

According to the complaint, the second victim disclosed that Dupont “did a bunch of stuff” to her and the first victim when she was between the ages of six to nine years old. She reported Dupont tried bribing her. She said she always did what Dupont asked and didn’t realize it was wrong until she was about nine or ten years old and started saying no to him.

The complaint notes the second victim stated she “felt disgusted in herself and wanted to die” when she began to understand what was happening.

She also told police Dupont told her it was a secret and not to tell anyone. She reported that the last time it occurred, she started screaming and threatened to leave his room.

Dupont was arraigned on Tuesday, April 28, at 2:00 p.m. in front of Magisterial District Judge Andrew F. Fish.

EDITOR’S NOTE 1: Extreme graphic details were not included due to the sexual nature of the alleged crimes.

EDITOR’S NOTE 2: Several details were removed from this article to help protect the identity of the victim.