The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office said the sentence was imposed Friday on 30-year-old Brent Getz following his conviction on rape and sexual abuse charges in a jury trial in Carbon County in March.
After his 2019 arrest, Getz was fired from his job as police chief in Weissport, a town of some 400 residents 77 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
At his trial, Getz repeatedly denied that he had ever sexually assaulted the victim. Defense attorney Brian Collins sought a sentence in the mitigated range and a five-year minimum term, citing his client’s age and record, the Times-News Online reported.
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