79-Year-Old Phoenixville Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting Teen
Donald Schnovel will serve 10-20 years in prison and face additional probation.
Donald Schnovel, the 79-year-old Phoenixville man who was arrested in February on charges of sexually assaulting and taking pornographic photos of a 14-year-old girl, entered a guilty plea on Wednesday afternoon, The Mercury is reporting. Schnovel pleaded guilty to two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, two counts of aggravated indecent assault, and additional counts of sexual abuse of children, corruption of minors, and endangering the welfare of children. After he is evaluated by Pennsylvania’s Sexual Offender’s Assessment Board, Schnovel will be sentenced to 10 to 20 years in state prison, plus five years of probation. “You may die in prison, do you understand that?” Chester County Senior Judge Ronald Nagle asked the …
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jennifer madera-poulton
11:01 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
At least we got some pervert off the streets! & I hope these Finster guys would stop the inappropriate comments soon, because it seems to be annoying a lot of people. But yay for the Judge to put that guy behind bars till the day he dies..   more ›