The Oxford Police Department has arrested a 32-year-old man for indecent assault on a child under 16. OPD reports it received a report of an unknown man living under the Broad Street bridge in the 300 block of Broad Street and Niblock Alley on May 16.
OPD alleges that the man was having unlawful conversations and contact with children under 16 under the bridge. Detectives say they were able to identify the suspect and get witnesses and victims to identify the man in a photo array.
A felony warrant was obtained for the man in question. On May 21, 2024, OPD officers located the suspect and took him into custody without incident. 32-year-old Christopher Rajiv Lachhu was booked into the Chester County Prison.
OPD says Lachhu said he intended to remain in Oxford until August. He is charged with one count of Unlawful Contact with a Minor, one count of Indecent Assault without Consent of Other, one count of Indecent Assault Child under 16, and two counts of Corruption of Minors.
Jay Skelton is an independent crime journalist with a passion for covering the uncovered and the under covered.