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Main Line Man Charged With Sexually Abusing Boy At Least 20 Times From 1990-95

DEVON, Pa. (CBS) – A 46-year-old man from the Main Line has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing a boy in the '90s.

Lawrence Harold Carroll, of Devon, was arrested on April 2nd and charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and related offenses after the victim reported being abused multiple times between December 1990 and 1995.

According to the Chester County DA, the victim was between the ages of 6 and 11 at the time of the more than twenty assaults, which occurred at the defendant's home, near the railroad tracks and near a creek bed by the defendant's home.

The victim reported the abuse on January 15, 2014.

Carroll is being held on $75,000 cash bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Friday, April 25th.

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