Childcare worker accused of sexual assaults at centre in Melbourne's south-west
Detectives from the Sexual Crimes Squad have arrested 26-year-old Point Cook man Joshua Brown and charged him with 70 offences related to eight alleged victims between April 2022 and January 2023, who were placed at a centre in Melbourne's south-west.
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