Police: Valencia man raped, threatened 2 teenage girls
A Valencia man is accused of raping two teenage girls and threatening to kill them if they reported the incidents, according to Middlesex Township police.
Eric S. Ellis II, 26, was charged last week with multiple felonies, including one count of rape of a child, two counts of rape forcible compulsion, three counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, two counts of corruption of minors and indecent assault of a person less than 13-years-old as well as misdemeanors indecent assault and terroristic threats.
Ellis was placed in Butler County Prison on Thursday, June 1, in lieu of $250,000 bail.
According to the affidavit, police received reports of sexual assault on May 20, which regarded multiple incidents in February and March 2023 between Ellis and two girls, who were at that time ages 12 and 13.
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