Westmoreland

Police: Latrobe woman sexually assaulted 2 teen boys

Renatta Signorini
By Renatta Signorini
1 Min Read Nov. 15, 2019 | 6 years Ago
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A Latrobe woman is accused of sexually assaulting two teenage boys — the first starting in 2004 and the second in 2016, according to state police.

Shanda Rae Hitchcock, 33, was arrested Thursday on charges of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors and related offenses. She was being held in the Westmoreland County Prison on $30,000 bail.

The two accusers came forward in March, according to state police.

One man, now 27, told investigators he was about 14 when Hitchcock first raped him at a Unity home, police said in court papers. Hitchcock allegedly tied his hands together as he slept on that occasion. The accuser told troopers the assaults happened on a weekly basis between November 2004 and July 2008.

“The victim told (Hitchcock) no, but she continued to sexually assault him,” Trooper David Wineland wrote in the complaint.

The second accuser was 14 when he said Hitchcock had sex with him at the Unity home in October 2016.

Hitchcock detailed the alleged assaults to investigators and admitted that she knew the acts were wrong, according to court papers. She did not have an attorney listed in online court records.

A Nov. 25 preliminary hearing is set.

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Renatta Signorini is a TribLive reporter covering breaking news, crime, courts and Jeannette. She has been working at the Trib since 2005. She can be reached at rsignorini@triblive.com.

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