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Man charged with child sexual abuse in Tamaqua

A 48-year-old Marysville man was jailed on $500,000 bail after police say he sexually abused a minor in Tamaqua. Tamaqua police charged Gerardo Rodriguez with rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and related offenses after investigating reports of sexual abuse that began in 2016.
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Annual Chinese Auction Fundraiser: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Congregational Free Church of Christ, 81 McKeans Ridge Road, Orwigsburg. Drawing at 2 p.m. You do not need to be present to win. Bake sale and hot food. Book Sale: 11...
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