Kim L. May admitted to molesting an 8-year-old girl in 2009 and 2010 in Pottsville, and must forfeit at least 10 years of his freedom, a Schuylkill County judge decided Tuesday.
Wearing handcuffs and a prison jumpsuit, May, 32, of Pottsville, bowed his head as Judge Cyrus Palmer Dolbin sentenced him to serve to 10 to 20 years in a state correctional institution, plus an additional six years on probation and lifetime Megan's Law sanctions.
Under the terms of Dolbin's sentence, which the judge imposed pursuant to a plea agreement between prosecutors and the defendant, May also must pay costs and $50 to the Criminal Justice Enhancement Account, submit a DNA sample to law enforcement authorities, have no contact with the victim and her family and no contact with any other children except his own under supervision.
"When I say no contact, I mean zero," Dolbin warned May.
May, who said nothing during Tuesday's hearing, pleaded guilty Nov. 23, 2011, to two counts each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and aggravated indecent assault and one each of indecent assault, indecent exposure and corruption of minors, with prosecutors dropping two counts of rape of a child.
Although the state Sexual Offenders Assessment Board concluded, and Dolbin found, that May is not a sexually violent predator, the judge still imposed lifetime Megan's Law sanctions on the defendant because he pleaded guilty to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse.
Pottsville police charged May with assaulting the girl between Aug. 1, 2009, and Dec. 18, 2010, in the city.
Police said May's arrest was the result of an investigation by Pottsville detectives, Schuylkill County Children & Youth and the county district attorney's office.
During the investigation, physical evidence was collected and interviews done with several people, including the victim and May himself, police said.
At May's Jan. 20, 2011, preliminary hearing, the victim testified that actions occurred in the bedroom and bathrooms of the home where the girl lived.
"I'd like to thank Detective (Steven B.) Guers of the Pottsville police for his diligent work on the case," Assistant District Attorney Jennifer N. Lehman said Tuesday.
Lehman said the plea agreement was acceptable to the victim and her family.
The Megan's Law sanctions against May will include requirements that he report his address, employment and educational statuses, and any change in them, to state police for the rest of his life. Any failure to comply with those sanctions is a crime in itself and could result in further prosecution.
Megan's Law was enacted in Pennsylvania, numerous other states and at the federal level following the 1994 murder of Megan Nicole Kanka, 7, of Hamilton Township, Mercer County, N.J. Jesse Timmendequas, Kanka's killer, was a convicted sex offender and one of the girl's neighbors.
Timmendequas is serving a life sentence following then-New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine's commutation of his death sentence after that state abolished its death penalty.Defendant: Kim L. May
Age: 32
Residence: Pottsville
Crimes committed: Two counts each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and aggravated indecent assault and one each of indecent assault, indecent exposure and corruption of minors
Prison sentence: 10 to 20 years in a state correctional institution, plus an additional six years on probation and lifetime Megan's Law sanctions