A Wattsburg man currently awaiting trial on child rape charges now faces additional charges after an incident in the Warren County Prison.

Richard L. Sweet, 53, was charged Wednesday with first-degree aggravated assault – attempts to cause serious bodily injury or causes injury with extreme indifference, second-degree assault by prisoner on another, misdemeanor recklessly endangering another person and misdemeanor simple assault after an incident July 7 in the jail.

A preliminary hearing will be held July 29 in front of Magisterial District Court Judge Raymond Zydonik. Sweet has been in the county prison since December after Zydonik set bail at $250,000 after the first of two sets of charges alleging rape of a child were filed.

According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause filed after the July 7 jail incident, Warren police officers responded to a reported prisoner-on-prisoner assault. Prison staff said Sweet allegedly threw boiling water on another inmate at the prison. Security footage showed the inmate eating breakfast when Sweet allegedly grabbed a cup and filled it with boiling water used for instant coffee or cooking noodles. Sweet and the other inmate then were seen on video exchanging words when Sweet allegedly intentionally threw the boiling water on the other inmate’s face and upper chest area.

“Prison staff quickly intervened and took the victim to the nurse to be treated,” the affidavit states. “Photographs of the victim show burns, blistering and redness on the victim’s chest and face.”

Sweet was originally charged in with two counts of first-degree rape of a child, two counts of first-degree statutory sexual assault: 11 years older, two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child; two counts of first-degree felony unlawful contact with a minor; two counts of third-degree felony indecent assault of a person less than 13 years of age; and two counts of third-degree corruption of minors – defendant age 18 or above earlier this month for incidents that allegedly began in December 2015.

An additional seven charges were filed in January by the State Police at Warren: first-degree felony rape of a child, first-degree felony statutory sexual assault – 11 years older, first-degree felony involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, two counts of first-degree felony unlawful contact with a minor – sexual offenses, third-degree felony indecent assault of a person less than 13 years of age and third-degree felony corruption of minors – defendant age 18 or above.