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November 10

Exeter man gets 5-10 in sex abuse

Reisser also must serve five years of special probation, and two years of probation.

By Sheena Delazio sdelazio@timesleader.com
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WILKES-BARRE – An Exeter man was sentenced Wednesday to five to 10 years in state prison on charges he had inappropriate contact with a girl over an eight-year period.

Charles Reisser Jr., 45, of Birchwood Estates, was sentenced on three related charges by Luzerne County Senior Judge Joseph Augello.

Reisser must serve five years of special probation, as well as two years of probation, after his prison term, Augello said.

Reisser was also deemed a sexually violent predator Wednesday after testimony from a state Sexual Offenders Assessment Board member, and must register his address under Megan’s Law for his entire life.

In April, Reisser pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual assault and two counts of indecent assault.

According to court papers, on June 16, 2010, Exeter police were told by a 14-year-old girl that she had been sexually abused by Reisser since she was 6 years old.

The teen girl told police that Reisser raped her the previous month at his home. She said he held her down on a bed and raped her despite her telling him to stop.

She alleged Reisser began molesting her in 2001, when he lived on Wyoming Avenue in Exeter.

The abuse continued when he moved to Ashley, where he resided until 2004, the criminal complaint says.

Police said in the complaint the girl told them Reisser threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the assaults.

The girl said that in June 2010 she was alone with Reisser again, and that she knew Reisser would try something. She said she called her mother to pick her up, and then told her about what Reisser had been doing to her.

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