CLEARFIELD – A Curwensville man will be spending up to 40 years in state prison for sexually assaulting a young girl for several years.
Police say Eric Michael Young, 43, molested the girl starting when she was 10-years-old at various locations in Virginia, Ohio, and Pittsburgh in addition to Curwensville.
On Wednesday, Young pleaded guilty to six felony counts each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse person less than 16 years old and sexual assault.
Judge Paul E. Cherry sentenced him to serve a total of 20 to 40 years in state prison with six years consecutive re-entry probation, according to a court employee.
He must complete sexual offender counseling and was ordered to have no contact with the victim or any female under the age of 18.
After Young was evaluated by a member of the state Sexual Offenders Assessment Board, it was determined that he is a sexually violent predator. He must register with authorities under Megan’s Law.
Young was originally charged with 138 various offenses.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, on April 18 the victim stopped in to the Curwensville Borough building to report the assaults to police. Unfortunately, the police station was closed at that time. She spoke with Mayor Jim Hoover who then called state police. They talked to her before taking her to the Child Advocacy Center for an interview.
The victim told the interviewer that she had been molested by Young for four years.
The assaults began with him only touching her private area but eventually moved on to other sexual acts and intercourse, she reported.
Young would use a social media app to message her, asking her to go to his bedroom. She said this happened three to four times a month.
On one occasion he threatened to kill himself if she didn’t have sex with him. She stated that he also told her to take photos of her privates on his phone. In addition, he sent her pornographic images, according to the report.
In an interview with police on April 18, Young admitted to the allegations, police said.
In a second case, he pleaded guilty to felony possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and seven misdemeanor counts of possession of drug paraphernalia charges and was given a three months to three years concurrent state prison sentence.
These charges stem from items found by police when they executed a search warrant on Young’s residence in relation to the sexual assault case.
They found three pounds of marijuana, a heated tent with two marijuana plants and drug paraphernalia, according to that affidavit.
