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Kingston man accused of sexually assaulting child at Maine campground

Kingston man accused of sexually assaulting child at Maine campground

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KINGTSON, N.H.- Authorities say John Defina,81, was arrested this week on a warrant out of Maine claiming he abused a child at an area campground.

According to the officials with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Defina’s arrest comes out of an investigation that began back in February into a report that a child under the age of 13 had been sexually assaulted at the Four Seasons Campground in Naples over a period of several years.

Following his arrest Defina was charged with two counts of Class B unlawful sexual contact, one count of Class C unlawful sexual contact and two counts of Class D unlawful sexual contact.

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