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WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A Luzerne County judge ordered an elderly Larksville man to prison Friday for molesting a 6-year-old girl.Edward Albert Cervenak, 71, of East State Street, was sentenced to six to 12 months behind bars followed by two years probation on one misdemeanor count of indecent assault of a person younger than 13, according to court papers.Judge Tina Polachek Gartley denied the man&#8217;s request to report to prison at a later date and ordered him remanded, court papers say.Cervenak, who worked as a prison guard for 18 years, must undergo sex offender treatment and register as a sex offender for life, court documents say.According to a criminal complaint, Cervenak in December rubbed the girl&#8217;s vagina with his hand and also made the girl rub his penis.The girl told a woman about the assault, police say, but the woman advised the girl not to tell her mother because Cervenak would go to jail.Police say the girl reported at least one other instance in which Cervenak touched her.<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By James O&#8217;Malleyjomalley@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach James O&#8217;Malley at 570-991-6390 or on Twitter @TL_omalley.</shirttailMeta></div>

Elderly Larksville man sentenced to prison for molesting 6-year-old