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Rapist Abused 13-Year-Old In Tent Behind Berks County Home Repeatedly, DA Says

A 31-year-old Harrisburg man has been arrested and charged with raping a victim 10 years ago when she was 13 years old, the Berks County District Attorney's office announced.

Jesse Hartman

Jesse Hartman

Photo Credit: Berks County District Attorney's Office

The victim, now 23, came forward in November 2024 alleging that Jesse A. Hartman sexually abused her multiple times in 2014 in a tent behind a friend's home in Exeter Township, DA John T. Adams said.

Hartman was 21 years old and was living in the basement of this same home, Adams said. The victim also said that on several occasions throughout the summer of 2014, Hartman sexually abused her along a walking trail located in Exeter Township.

The investigation conducted by the Berks County District Attorney’s Detectives identified several witnesses who corroborated of the victim’s account of this abuse.

Hartman has been charged with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, corruption of minors, and indecent assault.

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