A Phillipsburg man has been charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in State College.
The arrest stems from an Aug. 19 incident when Samuel Wilbur Connor IV, 40 of Phillpsburg, was working in State College.
Connor, a contractor, was painting apartments in downtown State College on that date. Surveillance cameras caught him approaching the female minor, who was heading to lunch.
According to a press release from the Office of the District Attorney, Connor reportedly asked the victim to go upstairs and have sex with him. She resisted, but Connor allegedly grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her into the building, bringing her to one of empty apartments he was painting.
The press release says that Connor “sexually assaulted her even though she repeatedly told him to stop.”
Connor was charged with three felony counts of sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault without consent, and unlawful restraint. He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of indecent assault without consent. He was arraigned earlier this week and is being held at the Centre County Prison in $150,000 bail.
