Credit: Bristol Twp. Police
A Bristol Township drug dealer is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl who went to his house to buy marijuana, according to authorities.
Gary Dean Griffith, 43, of Bristol Township’s Levittown section, was charged late Friday afternoon with aggravated indecent assault without consent, unlawful contact with a minor, possession of a controlled substance and related offenses. Griffith is set to have a preliminary hearing on December 15.
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Detective Doug Slemmer wrote in an affidavit of probable cause that Griffith sexually assaulted the 17-year-old girl while in the shed in the rear of his property on Emilie Road in late November. The sexual assault reportedly began when the two went into the shed to smoke marijuana and Griffith gave the the girl vodka.
“When are you turning 18?” Griffith allegedly asked the girl after grabbing her buttocks during the marijuana smoking session.
Griffith placed his hands down the 17 year old’s pants and ended up penetrating her vagina, police said.
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“She said she told the defendant to stop and she didn’t want to do this,” Slemmer wrote.
Griffith ended the sexual assault by putting the teen’s hand down his pants and asking her to perform oral sex on him, according to court papers.
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Slemmer noted that Griffith admitted he sells drugs and sells “significant amounts of marijuana.” The detective also noted Griffith admitted to buying illegal narcotics from minors and reselling it to other minors and adults.
Griffith was arraigned by District Judge Joanne Kline and sent to prison on 10 percent of $500,000 bail.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
