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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Before being sentenced on a variety of child sex charges on Thursday, Joshua McGilvary told Luzerne County Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. that he had matured a lot behind bars. Sklarosky gave him 10 to 20 more years to spend maturing.</p><p>McGilvary, 20, pleaded guilty in June to charges of rape of a child, possession of child pornography and statutory sexual assault.</p><p>Police accused the Dupont man of having sex with a pre-teen girl, recording the incident with his cellphone camera.</p><p>According to police, McGilvary picked up the girl from her Duryea home and took her to his Dupont residence in June of last year.</p><p>The girl&#8217;s mother became suspicious when she learned her daughter did not stay over a relative&#8217;s house, finding her true location by using a phone finder app.</p><p>The girl told investigators she met McGilvary when he delivered pizza to her friend&#8217;s house. They began speaking through social media, before leading to the sexual assault.</p><p>On McGilvary&#8217;s phone, investigators found recordings of the sexual encounter, along with nude photos of the girl.</p><p>Before his sentencing, McGilvary appeared stoic, but apologetic.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m very sorry to the victim and the family,&#8221; he said, before going on to say that his time behind bars at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility since his arrest last summer has bettered him.</p><p>&#8220;Since I&#8217;ve been incarcerated, I&#8217;ve matured exponentially since I arrived,&#8221; he said.</p><p>Despite this, Assistant District Attorney Angela Sperrazza requested at least the mandatory minimum sentence. Sklarosky agreed with Sperrazza, referring to letters he received on behalf of McGilvary. According to Sklarosky, the letters were &#8220;extremely troubling,&#8221; because they suggested the girl&#8217;s &#8220;factually consenting&#8221; should be a mitigating factor.</p><p>Sklarosky sentenced McGilvary to spend between 10 and 20 years in state prison on the count of rape of a child. The sentences on the other counts are each set to run concurrently with the 10- to 20-year sentence, effectively negating them.</p><p>McGilvary will also be required to register as a sex offender for the remainder of his life, requiring to register at tier 3, which is reserved for the most severe offenses.</p><p>McGilvary was remanded to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility to await being assigned to a state prison.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Patrick Kernan</p><p>pkernan@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Dupont man will serve at least 10 years for child sex charges