Warrant issued for former Bucks County coach accused of child sex assault

Monday, October 22, 2018
BENSALEM, Pa. (WPVI) -- A warrant has been issued for the former coach of a Bucks County youth football team who failed to appear in court on child sexual assault charges.

The trial for Shannon "Shawn" Westmoreland was set to begin on Monday.
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He was arrested in June 2017 and was charged with Rape, Rape of a Child under Age of 13, Rape of a Child, Statutory Sexual Assault, Indecent Assault of a Child and other related offenses.

Police say Westmoreland sexually assaulted a 15-year-old in 2005 while he was a football coach with the Bensalem Ramblers Athletic Association.



He is also charged with sexually assaulting another child from the age of 4 until she was 9 or 10, police say.



Westmoreland is also charged with sexually assaulting a third child when she was 6 years old in 1999. Police say he again sexually assaulted her in 2011 when she was 18.
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