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Man guilty of 15 charges for assaulting 2 minors

A jury found a man from Jersey Shore guilty in Lycoming County Court Tuesday of over a dozen charges he received for molesting two female minors from between 2001 to 2008.

Nathan Edward Shaffer, 32, formerly of 119 1/2 N. Broad St., was charged in 2014 with multiple counts of child rape, statutory sexual assault, deviate sexual intercourse with a child, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault and corrupting the morals of minors, according to court records.

The jury in Lycoming County Court presided by Judge Marc F. Lovecchio began deliberating at 11:30 a.m. and returned the verdict of guilty on all 15 counts at 1:15 p.m.

The trial that ended earlier than expected began Monday and was scheduled to continue until today.

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