Seventeen to thirty-four years in prison and lifetime registration as a sexually violent predator.
Feb 27, 2007 - Bruce Haskins, 48, was charged with sexually assaulting an underage girl. He faces multiple charges including statutory sex assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault and corruption of minors.
With his head in his hands, a Ferndale man sobbed as a 14-year-old girl described how he sexually assaulted her for nine years.[Entry continued here for space considerations.]
Update May 9 - Haskins is also being charged with taping the encounters and saving them on his computer. Haskins remains in jail, unable to make a $200,000 bond.
GUILTY PLEA Jan 19, 2008 - Haskins pleaded guilty to one count of rape, two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and one count of filming or photographing sex acts. He was accused of abusing the girl from the time she was 5 until she was 14.
Before sentencing, Haskins will be evaluated by the Sexual Offenders Assessment Board to determine if he is a sexually violent predator, which would require him to register his address with police for life. If he is not deemed a sexually violent predator, he will be required to register for 10 years after completing his sentence.
Two years ago, Haskins completed the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program for first-time offenders for similar charges from 2004. When he was a substitute teacher for the North Star School District, he was accused of inappropriately touching a 15-year-old girl.Haskins will be sentenced April 16.
See The Sexual Offenders Assessment Board (See SOAB Process.)
CBS3 (Jan 18) Ex-substitute teacher pleads guilty to molesting girl
Until his arrest in February, Haskins had been a Web-design instructor at the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown. He also worked as a substitute teacher in the North Star School District in Somerset County.
Tribune-Democrat (Jan 17) Ferndale man admits years-long child-sex abuse
SENTENCED July 10 - Haskins was sentenced to 17 to 34 years in prison. He has been designated a sexually violent predator. [TT - Sexually violent predators are subject to lifetime registration and increased reporting requirements.]
State officials expect the length of the sentence to prevent Haskins from committing similar crimes in the future.
"He's 49. 17 years puts him at fairly advanced age as far as being released." [Herbert Hays of the PA Sexual Offenders Assessment Board ] said.
