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WILKES-BARRE- A Bloomsburg man was sentenced Wednesday to serve 10 to 20
years in a state prison for furnishing alcohol to young girls and having sex
with them several times. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Edward H. Kalese, 30, of West Third Street, was also sentenced to four
years of probation for the sex acts that occurred between July 13 and Aug. 7,
1997. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A jury in Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas convicted Kalese on Sept. 16
of four counts each of corruption of minors, selling or furnishing alcohol to
minors, and statutory sexual assault, three counts of involuntary deviate
sexual intercourse, and one count each of indecent assault and aggravated
indecent assault. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was acquitted on four counts of corruption of minors, three counts of
statutory sexual assault, and one count each of selling or furnishing alcohol
to minors and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 According to the police affidavit: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Kalese met the two girls at a lake in Salem Township and supplied at least
one of them with wine. He then "pressured" the 15-year-old girl to let him
perform oral sex on her. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The three met again at the lake and Kalese coerced the 14-year-old girl to
go "skinny dipping" with him and later had sexual intercourse with both girls. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Luzerne County Deputy District Attorney Joe Vullo said he was "satisfied"
with the sentence. But, due to the state Superior Court's upholding of Megan's
Law, he will also appeal the sentence in case the court's ruling is
overturned. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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