‘I know my actions were atrocious’: Man goes to prison for molesting 11-year-old girl
Updated 11:55 AM;
A Cumberland County man who was described by his lawyer as having the mental development of a teenager apologized to the family of an 11-year-old girl he molested before a judge sentenced him 5 to 10 years in state prison Tuesday morning.
Travis Reale, now 24, of Enola, also will have to register with state police as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
“I know my actions were atrocious,” Reale told county Judge Christylee Peck. “I hope you can give me a second chance at life…so I can make my wrong into a right.”
Cumberland County man pleads guilty, takes deal for 5- to 10-year jail term in child-sex case
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
A West Shore man struck a deal Tuesday to plead guilty to molesting an 11-year-old girl in return for a 5- to 10-year prison sentence.
Cumberland County Judge Christylee Peck accepted that deal as Travis Reale, 24, of East Pennsboro Township, entered his pleas to felony charges of indecent assault and corruption of minors.
Reale could have faced an even harsher prison term had he been convicted at trial on more dire child-sex charges, including rape of a child and aggravated indecent assault, that were filed against him by police in East Pennsboro and Hampden townships.