Bath man indicted
BY JOHN ZICK GATEHOUSE MEDIA

BATH - A 28-year-old Bath man was indicted Wednesday, Feb. 13, on kidnapping and assault charges for allegedly attacking a 16- year-old girl last August.

Darren P. McEathron is accused of dragging the victim into a wooded area off Birdseye Hollow Road in Wayne. The victim, who did not know her attacker, was riding her bicycle in the area.

The man is accused of assaulting the girl Aug. 18, causing injuries to her face and extremities, according to state police at Bath. McEathron did not sexually assault the girl, authorities said.

The victim was able to escape her attacker when he left her briefly unattended.

McEathron, who was arrested in early Jan., was indicted without the results of a DNA sample he provided

to investigators shortly after his arrest. Steuben County District Attorney John Tunney said his office has not yet received those results.

Second-degree kidnapping is punishable by up to 25 years in state prison. The assault charge carries a maximum term of seven years.

McEathron is under house arrest. He was originally jailed on $5,000 cash bail.

He will be arraigned on the felony indictment at 11:30 a.m. March 3 before Steuben County Court Judge Marianne Furfure.