Berks County detectives arrested a Reading man Tuesday following an investigation of alleged sexual abuse of a 15-year-old girl in a city home this fall.
Nicholas Roman Jr., 41, is accused of sexually assaulting the girl, whom he knew, twice in October. Detectives said he provided her marijuana, sent her sexually explicit texts and threatened her not to tell anyone about the abuse.
Roman surrendered to county detectives to face charges of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with a minor, aggravated indecent assault, intimidation, retaliation or obstruction in a child abuse case and related counts.
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In a news release, detectives provided this account: