UPPER DARBY, Pa. – A 30-year-old Upper Darby man was arrested last week for allegedly sexually assaulting a young child 20 times, more than a decade ago, at his mother’s in-home daycare.
William McGrath is facing numerous serious charges including rape of a child when he was 14-years-old, according to investigators, who say the daycare was not licensed or zoned to operate as a daycare facility. Investigators say he did briefly work for the county as a park police officer.
According to the criminal complaint, the victim attended “Ms. Barb’s Daycare” from six weeks old until 2010 when she was five or six and started kindergarten. The documents say McGrath would take the victim and another child into the basement, coercing her by telling her she could play video games.
“William is alleged to have assaulted our victim over 20 times, to rape our victim over 20 times while at this daycare facility,” says …