Friday, October 03, 2008

Officer Robert Melia Jr and Girlfriend Faces Charges of Having Sex with Cows


A suspended Moorestown, N.J., police officer is facing a grand jury indictment on charges of sexually assaulting three juveniles.

And 38-year-old Robert Melia Jr.'s legal troubles don't end there. He's also facing animal cruelty charges for allegedly performing sex acts with a cow in Southampton.

Melia's 33-year-old girlfriend, Heather Lewis, is also charged with sexually assaulting three juvenile girls and a teenaged boy.

The investigation began in April when the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office was contacted after one of the alleged victims disclosed to a relative that she had been repeatedly sexually assaulted by the defendants inside Melia's home.

Prosecutors said detectives seized a quantity of pornographic material and Melia's computer during a search warrant executed April 12 at his residence, located on Cottage Avenue in Moorestown. He was arrested without incident at police headquarters.

Lewis, of Stockton's Bridge Road in Pemberton, was arrested at the prosecutor's office that same day.

The animal cruelty charges were filed against Melia approximately two weeks after the initial charges, prosecutors said.

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