CHAMBERSBURG -- A man facing trial on a child-rape charge is accused of spitting on a corrections officer at Franklin County Jail.

Tyler Christensen Solomon, 22, formerly of Fort Loudon, was charged with two felonies, and Magisterial District Judge T. R. Williams set his bail at $100,000.

Solomon spat on the corrections officer around 4:15 p.m. on Dec. 1 at the jail, 1804 Opportunity Ave. in Greene Township, according to court documents. Police considered his spit a deadly weapon: Solomon knew, or should have known, he was infected with a communicable disease, such as HIV or hepatitis B.

He intentionally spat saliva and phlegm from his lungs in the officer’s face, police said. The officer was treated at a medical center for possible exposure to communicable diseases.

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Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg, charged Solomon with aggravated assault and assault by a prisoner. Both are felonies. They also charged him with simple assault and harassment.

Solomon had been jailed on Jan. 18 for the alleged sexual assault of two girls in December 2017, and Magisterial District Judge Jody Eyer had set his bail at $1 million.

The girls’ mother had left them in Solomon’s care and called police when she found faint drawings of genitals on their faces, according to court documents. Solomon is scheduled to appear in February in Franklin County Court on eight charges -- rape of a child, two counts each of aggravated indecent assault of a child and indecent exposure and three counts of indecent assault of a person younger than 13.

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Solomon also is scheduled in March to appear in Franklin County Court on a charge of criminal conspiracy. Solomon was one of four people arrested on Dec. 22, 2017, for allegedly splitting money and credit cards in a wallet they had found on the sidewalk in Chambersburg.

Solomon was arraigned on Dec. 18 for the assault charges at the jail. His preliminary hearing was Thursday.

Jim Hook, 717-262-4759