Pittsburgh War Hero’s Child Rape Case Heads To Trial

(WPXI) – ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — Brandon Rumbaugh, a decorated Marine veteran, today waived his preliminary hearing in the case that accuses him of raping a 13-year-old girl multiple times in his Pleasant Hill home. The case will proceed to Rumbaugh’s formal arraignment, which is scheduled for Aug. 7. He is facing multiple charges, including rape of a substantially impaired person and statutory sexual assault. According to detectives, Rumbaugh told the victim to keep this a secret until she was 18 years old. Police say there is surveillance video of Rumbaugh and the girl in a Sheetz, where you see Rumbaugh purchasing alcohol.