'Help:' Text Message Sent By Bleeding Victim Brings Police To Harrowing Scene In PA, Cops Say

"Please help" was the message that police got from a victim in Cumberland County last week, they said.

Braden King
Photo Credit: *New Cumberland PD*

05/23/2024 12:11 p.m.

And, they did.

New Cumberland police officers worked swiftly to track down the source of the message on May 15, before walking in on Braden King, 60, trying to pull the woman's clothes off without her consent, they said.

The bleeding victim told officers she'd been struck in the face and assaulted by King, police said.

Police arrived and were able to halt King's "nefarious acts," they said in a release. After an investigation, King was arrested and taken to the Cumberland County Booking Center for a Process and Arraignment.

He was charged with simple assault, indecent assault, and harassment.

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