New Castle Officer Accused Of Sex, Drinking With Girls

NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A New Castle police officer is accused of giving liquor shots to two teenage girls and having sex with them at his house in Union Township, Lawrence County.Officer Richard Corbin, 35, is charged with statutory sexual assault, indecent assault, furnishing alcohol to minors and corruption of minors. His case was sent to trial after a preliminary hearing Tuesday. The trial date has not been set.State police arrested Corbin in July. They said the teens came forward with their claims in May, but the alleged assaults took place in January, when Corbin’s duties involved patrolling New Castle Junior/Senior High School.According to a criminal complaint, the girls, ages 13 and 15 at the time, were on their way to a club when they were approached by Corbin in a personal car.Corbin, a member of the force for nearly 10 years, allegedly offered the girls a ride and began touching and taking pictures of them with his cell phone once they were inside the car, police said.The girls said they went back to Corbin’s home, where they drank seven to eight shots and had sex with the officer.“The New Castle Police Department takes these matters seriously. We must reserve comment at this time pending the outcome of a court process,” said New Castle Police Chief Tom Sansone.

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