An Olyphant man was arrested and charged with the rape and sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl in a borough apartment while his girlfriend and infant child were upstairs.
The girl told police she went over to 28-year-old Michael Theriault's 11 Walsh Plaza home, to hang out with him and his girlfriend, Alexandra Griffiths, after the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Scranton on March 9, police said. The victim considered the couple friends, according to court records.
At the apartment she often frequented, the girl told police Mr. Theriault and Ms. Griffiths got into an argument, prompting her to go upstairs with their child, while Mr. Theriault and the victim watched a movie downstairs, police said.
The Times-Tribune does not identify victims of sexual assault.
Mr. Theriault and the victim started "making out," during which she said he touched her under her clothes and kissed her, then tried to put his hands down her pants, despite her saying she did not want to have sex, according to the complaint.
Later in the evening he tried to remove her underwear, then stopped when the victim said she did not want him to. When she moved to the floor, he told her to roll over, then touched her vagina and began to perform oral sex on her, police said.
The victim told police she laid on her back, closed her eyes and did not move when Mr. Theriault raped her, police said.
During the investigation, police discovered thousands of text messages that indicated an "intimate relationship" between the victim and Mr. Theriault.
Mr. Theriault was charged with rape, statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 16, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of minors, sexual assault and furnishing alcohol to minors, according to the criminal complaint.
Arraignment and bail information were unavailable Thursday night.
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