In Dover Township, a quiet community in York County, Pennsylvania, residents are grappling with the disturbing news of a local man’s arrest for the alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl. Shaun Mort, 56, faces eight felony charges and eleven misdemeanors following a three-year period of alleged abuse, according to Northern York County Regional Police. The accusations, detailed in charging documents, paint a grim picture of repeated assaults, some recorded on video, which the suspect allegedly forced the victim to watch.
The investigation began when the victim, now a teenager, disclosed the abuse to authorities. According to the Northern York County Regional Police, Mort allegedly assaulted the girl multiple times between 2022 and 2025, with incidents occurring in various locations within Dover Township. The charging documents reveal a particularly harrowing detail: Mort is accused of filming the assaults and compelling the victim to view the recordings, a tactic that deepened the trauma. “It’s sickening to think something like this could happen here,” said Emily Carter, a Dover Township resident who lives near the suspect’s home and requested anonymity for her family’s safety. “We’re a small community. You don’t expect this.”…