LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — The trial of a Peabody police officer charged with molesting a family member and showing her and another girl Internet pornography is getting under way.
Jury selection in the Lawrence Superior Court trial of 49-year-old Frederick Wojick is scheduled to start Monday. Wojick is charged with nine counts of indecent assault and battery and two counts of disseminating obscene material to a minor.
Prosecutors say the girl told them Wojick had repeatedly touched her inappropriately, sometimes while showing her pornography, over a six-year period that started when she was around 11 years old.
Later, a second child came forward and said Wojick had also showed her pornography.
The defendant’s lawyer tells The Salem News his client denies what he calls “salacious, sensationalized allegations.”
Wojick is on unpaid leave.
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