Crime & Safety

Woman Assaulted as She Slept, Police Say

Mark Muthard, of South Whitehall, was charged with one count of aggravated indecent assault, court records said.

A 35-year-old South Whitehall man was charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting a woman as she slept, according to court records and news reports.

Max Muthard, of the 2000 block of Guth Road, was drinking beer with a man and woman on June 28 and allegedly sexually assaulted the woman after she went to sleep in her bed, according to Lehigh Valley Live.

Muthard was charged with one count of aggravated indecent assault, court records said.

Muthard was arraigned by District Judge Jacob Hammond and sent to Lehigh County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail.



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