Pa. McDonald’s employee accused of raping underage co-workers

A former employee of a McDonald’s in Clearfield County is accused of sexually abusing several underage co-workers.

According to reports from WJAC and WTAJ, police said they received a report of a sexual assault involving 29-year-old Taylor English of Curwensville last June after a teenage employee spoke with a counselor.

Police said English forced the teen to have sex with him behind a Motel 8 in Clearfield, near McDonald’s, when her shift was over but before his shift had begun.

The teen told police that English threatened to kill her family if she didn’t say the rape was consensual, WTAJ said.

Police said English is also accused of raping another colleague, who was 16 at the time. Management at the restaurant told authorities that English was placed on a night shift and was eventually fired for bringing a gun to work.

When questioned by investigators, English denied any sexual contact with the two teenage girls and said they were “in cahoots” with his then-girlfriend, WJAC reported.

English was charged with rape, witness intimidation, sexual assault, witness intimidation, unlawful possession of a firearm by a person and lesser charges.