Police: Man charged for inappropriately touching child

Sunbury, Pa. — A 39-year-old man is accused of allegedly touching a young girl inappropriately on several occasions.

A ChildLine tip from CYS led police to investigate Nicholas Aaron Schindler, of Lewisburg, for the first alleged incident that occurred around Jan. 1, 2020 at a Sunbury home.

The child, who is currently 15, was interviewed on Feb. 9 at the Geisinger Child Advocacy Center in Sunbury. During the interview, the girl told the interviewer she was visiting at a home in Sunbury and watching television when the alleged incident occurred, according to Officer Dara Golden-Kieski of Sunbury Police Department. The girl told the interviewer that Schindler came into the room, sat down by her, and began touching her inappropriately.

The girl also mentioned that Schindler touched her inappropriately in September 2022 at a home in Selinsgrove, according to the criminal complaint filed by Golden-Kieski.

Police in Selinsgrove originally began investigating the case when they found the first alleged incident occurred in Northumberland County.

Schindler was charged through the Sunbury District Judge Rachel Wiest-Benner with felony corruption of minors, misdemeanor indecent assault of a person less than 16 years of age, and summary harassment. Wiest-Benner arraigned Schindler and set bail at $150,000 which he posted. Schindler awaits his preliminary hearing set for April 30.

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