MILLERSVILLE, Pa.–A 20-year-old man is facing numerous sex abuse charges after police say he raped two women and molested four children in Lancaster County in 2015.
Derric M. Harsh Jr., of Millersville, is charged with rape, unlawful restraint, intimidation of a witness or victim, aggravated indecent assault, four counts of indecent assault and four counts of corruption of minors.
The alleged sex crimes happened between June and December of 2015 at various locations in throughout Lancaster County.
During the summer of 2015, Harsh raped a 15-year-old girl in a vehicle parked at Stone Mill Plaza on Columbia Avenue in Manor Township, prosecutors said.
On Dec. 5, 2015, Harsh is accused of raping another woman twice at a home in the 200 block of Juniata Street, Lancaster city. He also threatened to kill the 19-year-old woman if she reported the rape, holding a knife to her, investigators said.
Prosecutors say Harsh confessed to both rapes.
Throughout the course of the rape investigations, police learned that there were children involved in separate molestation incidents.
Harsh accused of molesting four girls, ranging in ages 6 to 13, in November 2015, also at the Juniata Street home.
He is being held at Lancaster County Prison on $750,000 bail.
