ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - Authorities say a man pulled down the pants of a 5-year-old girl and inappropriately touched her while she was in the children’s section of a Maryland library.
WTOP-FM quotes police as saying that 26-year-old Keelan M. Sternklar was charged with third-degree sexual offense and second-degree assault.
A police statement says Sternklar inappropriately touched the girl Saturday at the Rockville Memorial Library. Police say the girl screamed and ran to her parents, who notified authorities.
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Sternklar was spotted Thursday at a coffee shop not far from the library. He was arrested later that day at a homeless shelter, and police say he told detectives he was in the library at the time of the assault.
The radio station report didn’t say if Sternklar has a lawyer who could comment.
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