Lansdale Police. Photo by James Short.
A Hilltown Township man has been charged with 12 felonies and 30 misdemeanors in connection with the alleged statutory sexual assault of a 13-year-old Lansdale girl.
Fredis B. David Santos, 28, of the 100 block of Reliance Place, near Telford, was charged by Lansdale Police Sept. 30 with the following felonies: Four counts of statutory sexual assault, two counts of dissemination of explicit sexual material to a minor, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person under 16, unlawful contact with a minor, unlawful contact or communication with a minor for sexual abuse, criminal use of a communications device, sexual abuse of children through photographing or depicting sex acts, and corruption of minors, according to charging documents.
In addition, Santos was charged with 15 misdemeanor counts each of indecent assault on a victim under 16, and sexual assault- intercourse without consent.
On July 28, 2025, the victim went to Lansdale Police with her mother and another relative, to report the alleged sexual assaults by Santos, according to the complaint. According to police, Santos friended the victim on Snapchat and sent nude photos and videos of himself masturbating, sometimes while watching pornography.
Santos, known to the victim as “Freddy,” allegedly asked the victim to send pictures, but she refused.
Then, Santos had five sexual encounters with the victim, police said. In two incidents in Lower Salford, Santos allegedly violated the victim in his car, with his son present in one of the alleged encounters.
Other alleged assaults occurred near the victim’s bus stop in Lansdale, in which he allegedly raped her in his car. All in all, the victim told police Santos allegedly sexually assaulted her about four times.
After each assault, Santos allegedly asked via Snapchat whether it hurt and if she “liked it."
Santos is currently jailed on $99,000 cash bail and has a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Ed Levine on Oct. 15, according to court records. He is represented by a public defender.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
