PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP CRIME

Man jailed on 10% of $2.5M bail for allegedly having sex with juvenile girl, police say

Fernando Santos Tzij-Noriega, aka Santos Tzub Alfaro, was arrested Nov. 20.

Fernando Santos Tzij-Noriega, aka Santos Tzub Alfaro, 24. (Credit: Plumstead Township Police)

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A Plumstead Township man has been jailed on 10% of $2.5 million bail on charges of felony statutory sexual assault of a juvenile between the ages of four and eight years old, according to Plumstead Township Police.

Fernando Santos Tzij-Noriega, aka Santos Tzub Alfaro, 24, is also charged with felony corruption of minors for an incident stemming from July 1 in the township, per court records.

On Nov. 18, police received a report of a man, identified as Tzij-Noriega, that allegedly had sex with a juvenile female. He was taken into custody four days later without incident, police said.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Dec. 16 at 9 a.m. before Magisterial District Judge Gary Gambardella.


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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at [email protected]. Tony graduated from Kutztown University, under the tutelage of Dr. Matthew Nesvisky and Dr. Heather Thomas, and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Lansdale Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and the weekly Chronicle news editions of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. A fourth-generation Lansdalian, he was born and raised in and around the Borough, including Little Italy, and attended North Penn High School, graduating in 1998. He once interviewed Jesse Spano in the back of a limousine outside North Penn High School.


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