Mercer County Man Charged with Rape of 5-year-old Boy

| September 10, 2012

MERCER, Pa. (EYT) – A 27-year-old Mercer man faces several charges related to the alleged rape of a 5-year-old boy.

State police say 27-year-old Jonathan M. Root, of Mercer, faces charges of rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, corruption of minors, sexual abuse of children, aggravated indecent assault, and indecent assault.

Police said Root allegedly raped the boy on various occasions, starting in 2009, at a residence in Delaware Township, Mercer County.

Root was housed in the Mercer County Jail on $100,000 bail.


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