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More child sexual assault charges for Jim Thorpe man

A Jim Thorpe man recently accused of sexually assaulting a child when he was a teenager has been charged in another incident which occurred last year.

Police have filed additional charges against 22-year-old Jared Tyler "Chubby" Weiss.Weiss was already behind bars for the alleged sexual assault of a boy in 2011, when the boy was 8-years-old and Weiss was 14.Now, police say that late last year, Weiss assaulted a 4-year-old girl.According to court documents, the girl told her mother "Chubby was bad." She subsequently told the mother that while babysitting her, Weiss tried to make her perform oral sex on her and exposed himself to her. The girl said he stopped after she resisted.Weiss initially denied the charge, but police said he admitted it. He told police that this happened one other time.The new charge was brought against Weiss on Friday, a day after he was locked up on the two 2011 charges. Judge Eric Schrantz imposed an additional $50,000 bail for the 2016 charge, bringing Weiss' bail to $150,000.