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Scranton police charged a man with raping and inappropriately touching children on separate occasions over the span of six years.
Marquis Richardson, 34, faces multiple felony counts of aggravated indecent assault of a child, indecent assault of a person less than 13 years, unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of minors, rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a child, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of children, and a misdemeanor count of indecent exposure.
The investigation began in December 2018, when city police received a tip that Richardson, 122 Belvedere Drive, was forcing a 4-year-old child to have oral sex with him and that she would get in trouble if she told anyone, officers wrote in a criminal complaint. She wasnât able to disclose what happened to her during an interview with the Childrenâs Advocacy Center of NEPA later that month and the case was marked inactive.
In May 2022, police received a report about a second child, who told authorities in Sumter, S.C., that Richardson âtouched me all over my bodyâ under her clothes when she was in first or second grade. Richardson asked her to touch his genitals, which she refused, later raping her in his apartment, according to the criminal complaint. He told that girl not to tell anyone, police said.
In May, police received another tip stating the first girl was inappropriately touched by Richardson when she stayed overnight at his home.
She told city police during an interview that Richardson began inappropriately touching her when she was around 4 to 6 years, waking up in the middle of the night to find him touching her under her clothing. The incidents included Richardson asking her to take off her clothes to try on a skirt he purchased for her and trying to touch her when she put it on, and bribing her to perform oral sex with him, according to the complaint. The girl fought back on one occasion when he tried to inappropriately touch her, the complaint continued.
The abuse occurred until she was 9 years old and Richardson told her not to tell anyone about it.
Richardson denied his involvement with the first girl and denied wrongdoing with the second girl, police said in the complaint. He was later arrested, denied bail and taken to the Lackawanna County Prison. A preliminary hearing is set for July 1.
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