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<p>WEST PITTSTON &#8212; A Bear Creek Township man was arraigned Thursday on charges he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl.</p><p>Borough police charged Bruce Joseph Panatterri, 23, after the girl was questioned by a forensic interviewer at the Luzerne County Children&#8217;s Advocacy Center earlier this month. Police said the girl reported during her interview she was assaulted three times in houses in West Pittston and Edwardsville, according to court records.</p><p>According to the criminal complaint:</p><p>Police were contacted by the girl&#8217;s mother earlier this month claiming her daughter was sexually assaulted.</p><p>The girl was then questioned at the Children&#8217;s Advocacy Center where she described the assaults as &#8220;its weird.&#8221;</p><p>Police said the girl told the forensic interviewer she was watching movies with Panatterri when he assaulted her. She claimed he stopped when her sister woke up and he told her to keep it a secret.</p><p>During the interview the girl also claimed Panatterri assaulted her while she was watching YouTube at a residence in West Pittston and most recently in her bedroom.</p><p>Police said the girl reported during on of the assaults Panatterri asked her &#8220;Do you like it?&#8221; the complaint says.</p><p>Panatterri, 440 Crestcent Road, was arraigned by District Judge Thomas F. Malloy in Luzerne County Central Court on nine counts of indecent assault, six counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and three counts of corruption of minors. He was jailed at the county correctional facility for lack of $50,000.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Anjelica Singer for the Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div>

Bear Creek man charged with sexually assaulting child