DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania — Two Bucks County judges on Wednesday morning, October 28, ordered Edward A. Eisenhard held without bail, after prosecutors filed new charges accusing the former Halloween-attraction supervisor and retail store manager of sexually assaulting three females — a 38-year-old co-worker, a 19-year-old store employee and a 12-year-old girl. Magisterial District Judges Daniel Baranoski and Gary Gambardella approved the District Attorney's requests in both newly filed cases, finding that the "safety of the community cannot be protected with conditions on the defendant due to several cases." All of the conduct described by prosecutors is alleged; Eisenhard has not been convicted of any of these charges.

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The bail decision capped a week in which Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan, at a news conference on Tuesday, October 27, announced the additional charges and described Eisenhard, 38, of Springfield Township, as a suspected serial predator who, in Khan's words, targeted vulnerable female victims in both workplace and domestic settings. Prosecutors say the three cases surfaced one after another: an arrest on October 1 over an alleged assault inside a Five Below store, and then two more accusers who came forward during that investigation.

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The Valley of Fear allegation: opening night, September 25

The earliest of the newly charged incidents allegedly took place on September 25 at the Valley of Fear, a Halloween attraction held each fall on the Phoenix Sport Club property on Bristol Road in Feasterville, in Lower Southampton Township. Eisenhard was a supervisor there — prosecutors say he had worked at the attraction for the past 10 seasons. According to the criminal complaint, while an employee was on a break, Eisenhard approached her, grabbed her tightly by the throat to the point that she had difficulty breathing, pinned both of her wrists above her head against a wall, made sexual comments and indecently assaulted her over her clothing. The woman, 38, reported the alleged assault to other managers and to police, and prosecutors say it was unprovoked. It was the attraction's opening night.

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Valley of Fear fired Eisenhard the next day, prosecutors said. In the Valley of Fear case he is charged with strangulation, simple assault, indecent assault, harassment and disorderly conduct, among related offences.

The Five Below allegation and the October 1 arrest

Two days after the alleged Valley of Fear assault, on September 27, prosecutors say Eisenhard assaulted a 19-year-old co-worker at the Five Below store in Hilltown Township where he worked as a manager. The employee told police she was cleaning the store's stockroom when Eisenhard made lewd comments, restrained her and sexually assaulted her, the District Attorney's office said. Hilltown Township police investigated, and Eisenhard was arrested on October 1 on aggravated indecent assault and related charges in that case.

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The Springfield Township case: a 12-year-old accuser

During the investigation, detectives say, a 12-year-old girl came forward alleging that Eisenhard sexually assaulted her at least twice at her family's home in Springfield Township — once in December 2025 and again earlier this month — while she was sleeping. "This was a girl that the defendant had access to because of his relationship with her family, and because he was able to get access to her, (he got) access to her bedroom while she was sleeping," Khan said. In that case Eisenhard is charged with aggravated indecent assault, corruption of minors, harassment and related offences. The girl is not being named; only her age and township are reported here, in line with the protection owed to a minor.

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Background: no prior sexual-assault charges, and a wider investigation

Investigators said Eisenhard had never been charged with sexual assault before this month and that his name does not appear on a sex offender registry. As well as the Halloween attraction and the Five Below store, he previously worked as a volunteer firefighter, Khan said. Prosecutors say they are still investigating allegations of other conduct at both workplaces and declined to share details of those allegations. "We have brought charges with respect to three victims, but we are investigating allegations of additional conduct," Khan said. "... The evidence gathered in these investigations reveals a calculated pattern of behavior by a serial predator who preyed upon vulnerable female victims."

"What we are very concerned about is that this is a 38-year-old man who has been charged with — just in the last few weeks — assaulting three different female victims of different ages from 12 up to 38," Khan said, adding that Eisenhard had chosen workplaces where he would be in contact with younger people. In a separate statement he said: "Halloween is the time when we send our little ones out dressed as Dracula and Frankenstein's monster to Trick-or-Treat, but unfortunately some monsters are real and want to do violence to our children and other loved ones." The announcement lands two days before Halloween, when the Valley of Fear and attractions like it draw their biggest crowds of the season.

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What happens next

Eisenhard remains in custody without bail after Wednesday's rulings, and the three cases now move forward through the Bucks County courts. The investigation is not closed: detectives are pursuing the further allegations at the two workplaces, and prosecutors say more charges are possible if more victims come forward. Awaaz Punjab will follow the court proceedings and report any response from Eisenhard or his counsel when it is made in court or in public.