A state police trooper is suspended without pay after being accused of sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl, police say.

Patrick Finn, 46, of Lower Paxton Township, was charged Feb. 2 by Wright Township police in Luzerne County.

Finn is accused of touching the girl on the breast and buttocks, telling her he wanted to have sex with her.

He is charged with indecent assault of a person under age 13 (first degree misdemeanor), indecent assault (second degree misdemeanor) and corruption of minors (third degree felony).

Finn, who is assigned to Troop H in Carlisle, is suspended without pay, said Adam Reed, state police spokesman. He enlisted in state police in 1994.