A resident of Bristol Township’s Croydon section is headed to trial on charges including sexual assault and resisting arrest.
Mark Cochran, 52, waived the charges onto Doylestown for trial Wednesday at district court. Several charges including rape and aggravated indecent assault were withdrawn by the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office.
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According to court papers filed by police, Cochran repeatedly sexually assaulted a woman at several locations in Philadelphia and Bucks County. The female victim was reported to be 31 years old.
The woman told police she became dependent on Cochran over the past year and he had become very “sexually aggressive” towards her, court papers say.
On several different occasions, Cochran is accused of sexually assaulting the woman, which went unreported until Bensalem police were notified in May, court papers say.
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According to investigators, the woman said “Cochran was constantly sending her nasty text messages about sex.” She added that he brought her drugs and “always wanted to do sexual things to her.”
The assaults that were alleged to have happened in Bucks County reportedly occurred in Bensalem and Bristol Township.
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Detectives from the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office became involved in the investigation on Monday and gained permission to access the woman’s phone conversations and a face-to-face meeting with Cochran.
On Tuesday afternoon, Cochran met with the woman in Bensalem and said he blamed the assaults on “stupidity, hormones and not getting any at home.” The woman was reportedly wearing a wire at the time.
Cochran is alleged to have become combative with police when they intervened.
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Cochran remains in Bucks County jail unable to post bail.
