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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A Wilkes-Barre man was arraigned on charges he molested a girl inside a Scott Street residence last year.</p><p>City police allege Cody Coolbaugh, 23, entered a girl&#8217;s bedroom where he molested her Aug. 8.</p><p>According to a criminal complaint:</p><p>Police were notified Aug. 9 that a girl was at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center for treatment after a sexual assault. The girl&#8217;s mother told police her daughter slept over a relative&#8217;s house on Scott Street Aug. 8 into Aug. 9.</p><p>The mother reported her daughter told a relative Coolbaugh entered her bedroom and removed her underwear.</p><p>The girl was taken to the Lackawanna County Children&#8217;s Advocacy Center where she was questioned by a forensic interviewer.</p><p>The girl&#8217;s clothing and other evidence inside the Scott Street house were seized by police.</p><p>Several days after the alleged assault, the girl&#8217;s mother reported she spoke with Coolbaugh who told her he touched the girl only after the girl requested to be touched.</p><p>Coolbaugh was arraigned Thursday by District Judge Michael Dotzel in Wilkes-Barre Township on charges of aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault and corruption of minors. He was released on $50,000 unsecured bail.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Wilkes-Barre man charged with molesting girl