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(Manchester, New Hampshire) A 44-year-old local mailman, Frank Saucier, has been accused of sexually assaulting children in his post office vehicle.

Frank Saucier faces six counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, a felony charge of indecent exposure, two misdemeanor charges of indecent exposure and one count of misdemeanor sexual assault.

Saucier, of Tyngsboro, Mass., was arrested April 26 after children told their parents Saucier invited them inside his postal vehicle to "play house," police said. Investigators said a 10-year-old boy said he was spanked when he was inside the mail truck.

Saucier was originally charged with assault, but Manchester police said they continued their investigation, leading to the new indictments.

Police said that over about a month, Saucier sexually assaulted three children, girls and boys, while he was on his mail route on the west side of Manchester.

Saucier has been indicted. Arraignment is expected next month.

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