Crime & Safety

Police: Lower Nazareth Man Raped 11-Year-Old

Donald Lorish, 47, is in Northampton County Prison after being charged with rape of a child and related offenses, according to Colonial Regional Police.

A man has been accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old child in his apartment, according to .

The assault occurred when the child was under the care of Donald Lorish, 47, of the 100 block of Old Nazareth Pike, police say.

A press release did not specify the child's gender or how Lorish knew the child.

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Lorish was charged with indecent assault, indecent exposure, endangering the welfare of a child, rape of a child, criminal attempt to commit involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and aggravated indecent assault of a child.

He was arraigned before District Judge Nancy Matos Gonzalez and sent to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $250,000 cash bail.

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