Bel Air Man Charged with Child Sex Abuse
Grant Goodwin Peterson of Bel Air is charged with sexually abusing a minor at the Harford Mall.
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A Bel Air man was arrested and charged this week after allegedly sexually assaulting a child he knew at the Harford Mall.
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Grant Goodwin Peterson, 76, of the 200 block of East Heather Road in Bel Air, was charged Monday with sex abuse of a minor and third-degree sex offense.
The charges stem from incidents that took place Monday afternoon at the mall and Peterson's home, according to a release from the Bel Air Police Department.
The child victim knew Peterson and accompanied him to the mall, the release states. The victim's age and gender were unavailable as of post time.
The Harford County Child Advocacy Center is investigating the case along with Bel Air police.
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Pamela
9:44 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Pervert! There should be a strict law that a man that commits any sex offense should automatically be castrated!!!!!!
Patched Up
10:17 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Pamela - what should happen to a woman who commits a sex offense?
Otto Schmidlap
12:42 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Gender? I believe you mean sex. Words have gender, not people.
Bel Air resident
3:39 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
From dictionary.com:
Gender
a : sex <the feminine gender>
b : the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex
anonymous
5:23 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
For real? Something like this happens and folks are arguing over the article wording? Whats wrong with people???