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Man Arrested Facing Thousands of Rape Charges

TOWANDA — A man arrested in Bradford county is accused a raping a woman for decades, starting when she was a child. Donald Burrell, 55,  from Towanda is f...
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TOWANDA — A man arrested in Bradford county is accused a raping a woman for decades, starting when she was a child.

Donald Burrell, 55,  from Towanda is facing an astounding 5,162 charges.

Police said during an investigation that began last spring, they learned that the Burrell allegedly sold hundreds of grams of the designer drug bath salts.

They said they also learned Burrell had allegedly abused a woman for decades, starting when she was a little girl.

Here is the list of charges Burrell faces:

  • A combined 2, 870 counts related to rape and the rape of a victim under the age of thirteen,
  • Another 2, 248 counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse.
  • 28 drug counts,
  • 16 counts related to child pornography.

In all, a total of 5,162 counts.

Burrell is being held in Bradford County on $2 million bail.

Neighbors in Towanda are horrified by the charges.

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