A Bradford man was arraigned early Thursday on allegations that he had indecent contact with a 6-year-old girl.
Joshua M. Mihalko, 23, of 2 Bushnell St., is charged with corruption of minors, a third-degree felony, and indecent assault on a person less than 13, a first-degree misdemeanor.
According to the criminal complaint, at 12:27 a.m. Thursday, Bradford City Police were dispatched to a residence in the city for a sexual assault. When the officer arrived, Mihalko was laying in the front yard of the residence, bleeding from his mouth. A group of people in the yard told police to get him out of there.
The officer tried asking Mihalko what was going on, but he responded “shoot me, just kill me,” the complaint stated. Witnesses said Mihalko had been found in a bedroom on top of a 6-year-old girl, pulling his pants up while the girl was naked from the waist down. Police said both Mihalko and the girl were transported to Bradford Regional Medical Center for treatment, the complaint stated.
Police noted that Mihalko was “assisted by the family out of the residence,” the complaint read.
Mihalko was arraigned before District Judge Dom Cercone and remanded to McKean County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for July 21.
