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animal cruetly charges dropped against accused pedophile
By admin on Sep 24, 2009 | In In the News | Send feedback »
He's sexually abuse underage girls and boys AND calves? And they dropped the charges. What a joke.
He and former girlfriend, Heather Lewis, of Pemberton Township, are also accused of sexually assaulting three young girls over a five-year period, sometimes in Melia's Cottage Avenue home in Moorestown, where he was a patrolman, authorities said.
Melia has been suspended from the force, said a spokesman with the Prosecutor's Office.
Melia and Lewis were both arrested in April 2008, shortly after one of the girls told her stepfather of the alleged abuse.
During the course of the investigation, authorities also discovered child pornography on Melia's home computer as well as videos of him with the cows.
Morley also ruled yesterday that the prosecution must turn over copies of images and videos from the computer to the defense, including one video that allegedly shows one of the girls being "subjected to sexual activity."
Lewis, who also appeared in court yesterday, is also accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile male. Morley denied a defense motion to have Lewis's individual sexual assaults separated from Melia's case.
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