LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — A man from Lackawanna County charged with child sex crimes faces more than 100 years in prison.
Francis Vetter of Covington Township was sentenced Thursday on his four cases to 136 to 370 years in prison, plus 74 years of probation. He was designated as a sexually violent predator.
Vetter was charged in 2019 with child rape for allegedly assaulting a 12-year-old girl. The abuse began when the child was seven years old.
He was also accused of trying to influence a boy to sexually assault the same girl.
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