BROOKVILLE, Pa. (EYT) — A Brockway man will up to 20 years in a state prison for several sexual offenses involving three underage girls.
According to court documents, on February 7, Jefferson County President Judge John Foradora sentenced 54-year-old Richard Tokarcik, Jr., of Brockway, to a total of 10 to 20 years.
Tokarcik tried to arrange meetings with three underage girls in Brookville for the purpose of having sexual encounters with them.
He was found guilty on eight charges, including six felony counts, in an October 2017 trial.
Tokarcik, Jr. was found guilty of the following charges:
•Criminal Attempt – Statutory Sexual Assault: 11 Years Older, Felony 1
•Contact/Comm.W/Minor-Sexual Abuse, Felony 3 (2 counts)
•Criminal Solicitation – Child Pornography, Felony 3
•Criminal Attempt – Corruption Of Minors, Misdemeanor 1
•Corruption Of Minors, Misdemeanor 1
•Criminal Use Of Communication Facility, Felony 3 (2 counts)
Tokarcik received 10 to 20 years for the criminal attempt-statutory sexual assault charge and three to seven years for criminal solicitation-child pornography.
For the contact with a minor-sexual abuse, criminal attempt-corruption of minors, corruption of minors and criminal use of a communication facility, Tokarcik received 2 1/2 years to five years on each count.
Judge Foradora ordered the sentences to be served concurrently.
Tokarcik received credit for 365 days time served.
Tokarcik’s criminal record dates back more than 20 years and includes convictions for burglary and theft, where he has served several years in prison.
Case details:
According to Brookville Borough Police, Tokarcik sent several sexually explicit messages to three underage females in the borough.
According to the criminal complaint filed January 9, 2017, Brookville Police Officer Turnbull was contacted by a concerned citizen about a male texting sexually explicit messages to three underage females in Brookville.
The man – who identified himself to the girls as “Adam” – attempted to get the underage girls to meet him. Police were able to obtain the suspect’s phone number after interviewing the girls.
Officer Turnbull then texted the suspect and posed as a 16-year-old girl named “Jamie.” The suspect continued to identify himself as “Adam” and discussed meeting with “Jamie.”
“Adam” was later identified as Richard Tokarcik, Jr., of Brockway.
Around 9:24 p.m., Tokarcik texted back and initiated a conversation.
Officer Turnbull used a second cell phone to contact “Adam.” This time, Officer Turnbull identified himself as “Sam,” the fictitious 15-year-old sister of “Jamie.”
Tokarcik sent various explicit messages and continued to discuss meetings with the two individuals who he believed were underage girls.
On January 7, Tokarcik again made contact and agreed to meet the two individuals at Longview Park in Brookville. He encouraged “Jamie” and “Sam” to be “drunk for him.”
Around midnight, Tokarcik stated that he was on his way to the Brookville area. He was taken into custody without incident near Henry’s Car Wash.
After he was taken into custody, Tokarcik told investigators that he was “lonely and trying to find someone.”
Tokarcik stated that he “knew Sam and Jamie were underage and that he made a bad choice.”
He told police that he arrived in Brookville “with the intention to meet and possibly have sex with both Jamie and Sam.”
Tokarcik also said that he may not have “had the courage to have sex with either of the girls.”
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