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Pembroke Man Charged with Sexually Assaulting Duxbury Girl
Written by Adam Swift
Tue, Apr 29 2008 16:21
A 40-year-old Pembroke man pleaded innocent in Plymouth District Court to charges that he sexually assaulted a Duxbury girl beginning in 2002 when the girl was 13.
Charles L. McAdam, Jr., 40, of 153 Lake Street in Pembroke, pleaded innocent to charges of statutory rape of a child, indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, indecent assault and battery on a child over 14 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to Bridget Norton Middleton of the Plymouth County District Attorney’s office.
McAdam was released on his own recognizance with a bail warning to stay away from the victim, according to Middleton. He is due in court again on May 27.
In December, the girl reported to Pembroke police that she was assaulted by McAdam when she was 13 and again when she was 15. According to the police report, the assaults took place in Duxbury in 2002, 2004 and 2005. McAdam lived in Duxbury at the time of the alleged assaults and knew the victim.
The girl reported the incidents to police because she was afraid that another girl might be in danger from McAdam, according to the police report.
In an interview with Duxbury and Pembroke detectives, McAdam admitted smoking pot with the girl when she was 16, but denied the assaults. McAdam further claimed he had a condition where he walked and talked in his sleep and that the condition was worse when he was binge drinking and smoking pot.
In the report, McAdam said he might have “said something (inappropriate), but did not remember it.”
McAdam’s attorney, Jack Atwood could not be reached for comment.