Man charged with assaulting minors at 21st birthday party in Malvern

A man used his 21st birthday party as an opportunity to prey on two 12-year-old girls, one of whom he told to keep quiet about the assaults so he would not be arrested, according to Chester County court documents.

Devin Edward Storf, now 22, has been charged by the District Attorney's Office with 41 felony counts, including 10 of child rape, after prosecutors say he forced the girls to engage in sexual acts at the June 2016 party in Malvern.

East Whiteland police began investigating Storf after an unidentified source provided the department information about Storf's alleged assaults on one of the girls. Over the course of their investigation, authorities found another girl had been assaulted, according to the documents.

Charges were filed on July 27. The following day Storf was arrested in Moyock, N.C., where he was a resident at the time, according to the arrest report from the Currituck County Sheriff's Office.

Storf was held in North Carolina, waived a challenge to extradition, and was brought to Chester County, where he was arraigned last Thursday. Storf was being held at the Chester County Prison on Wednesday with bail set at $300,000.

Court documents did not list an attorney for Storf, and the District Attorney's Office said Wednesday it had yet to receive information on who would be representing him. No attorney was present at Storf's arraignment and he did not request a public defender, according to District Judge Analisa Sondergaard's office.

Storf's family could not be reached for comment, but Michael Flick, Storf's principal at Great Valley High School, said Storf was "a good kid here."

During the investigation, authorities discovered that last summer, the two girls attended Storf's 21st birthday party at his Ridge Road home, in a neighborhood between Immaculata University and downtown Malvern. The District Attorney's Office said it did not know how many people attended the party.

At the gathering, Storf brought the girls to the basement along with one of his male friends, a juvenile. Storf began talking about sex, telling the girls that it was fun, according to court documents, and then assaulted them.

In Pennsylvania, no one under the age of 13 can legally consent to sexual activity. Those between the ages of 13 and 15 can consent but only for sexual activity with peers no more than four years older than they are.

One of the girls told authorities she was assaulted by Storf about 15 more times between June 2016 and March 2017. She also said Storf would sometimes give her and her friends alcohol. Storf told her not to say a word about what they were doing, "because he would get arrested," according to the documents.

The North Carolina residence where he was arrested last month was purchased by Keith Storf in 2013, according to property records. Records indicate Devin Storf  may have resided there for an unknown period of time in 2012 and 2013.

The Currituck County Sheriff's Office said it did not know how long Devin Storf had been living there or what brought him to the state's northeasternmost county. No occupation for Storf was listed on the July 28 arrest report or on other court documents related to the case.

Storf graduated from Great Valley in 2014, principal Flick said, after having enrolled at the school for about a year and a half.

Storf played ice hockey in high school, according to a biography he wrote on a recruiting website. He had lived in Pennsylvania since December 2013, he said in the post, adding that he moved around because his stepfather was in the Navy. Storf also said he was a volunteer firefighter.

"I see my life playing hockey, fighting fires and graduating from college with a B.S. in Business," Storf wrote. "I will skate hard, play hard and study hard for your school!"

Storf committed to play ice hockey for Penn State Berks for the 2016-17 season, according to the team's Facebook page, but it was unclear whether he attended school there. The school's communications office did not return a request for comment.

Storf is set to appear in front of Sondergaard at a preliminary hearing on Aug. 25.