CLEARFIELD – During sentencing court on Monday, a DuBois man pleaded guilty to raping a teen boy over a period of time.
Eugene L. Rugh, Jr., 69, was sentenced by President Judge Fredric J. Ammerman to serve six to 12 years in state prison with three years consecutive probation for two counts of rape and three counts of corruption of minors.
He must complete sex offender counseling and have no unsupervised contact with any male under the age of 18.
Although an evaluation determined he is not a sexually violent predator, he will have to register with authorities under Megan’s Law.
Before he was sentenced, Rugh apologized to his family and the victim for the embarrassment they have suffered due to these charges. He said he is taking full responsibility and will use his time in prison to “become a better man.”
“I am truly sorry for what I did,” he said.
The criminal complaint details how the relationship with the teen was discovered in August when the boy’s mother walked into a basement where she saw Rugh performing a sex act on the teen.
A few days later the boy was questioned at the Clearfield County Child Advocacy Center. He stated that the same thing had happened to him when he was 13-years-old and at least one other time while working in the basement with Rugh, according to the affidavit of probable cause.
