Falls Man Charged With Raping 3 Children

FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA — A man from Falls Township's Morrisville section has been charged with raping three children, two boys and a girl who were ages 8 and 9 at the time of the alleged assaults, police said.

Lens Etienne, 22, faces charges including rape of a child, aggravated indecent assault against a victim less than 13 years old and indecent assault, according to a criminal complaint filed by Falls Township Police.

According to the complaint, the department received a referral on July 3 from Bucks County Children and Youth. It claimed the three victims — a 10-year-old girl, a 10-year-old boy and an 11-year-old boy — had been sexually assaulted by Etienne about two years ago.

On July 16, police interviewed the three children. All three said they had been sexually assaulted at least once by Etienne and one of the boys said he'd seen Etienne assault the other two.

The assaults happened at an apartment in the Morrisville section of Falls, police said.

A preliminary hearing in the case has been set for Jan. 28. Etienne is being held at Bucks County Correctional Facility in lieu of bail, which was set at 10 percent of $200,000.