Nathan P. Salvadore will be subject to 15 years of Megan’s Law sanctions as the result of his indecent assault of a woman in August 2014 in his residence, a Schuylkill County judge ruled Monday.
Salvadore, 29, of Ellengowen, already is serving a prison sentence for his crimes, but the sanctions imposed by Judge Jacqueline L. Russell mean additional restrictions on him.
The Megan’s Law sanctions will require Salvadore to provide his name, address, employment, any schools he might attend, registration of any vehicles he owns and other information to the state police. Any violation of the sanctions would be an additional crime and subject Salvadore to further prosecution.
“You’ll be charged with crimes” if you violate the sanctions, Russell told the defendant.
Salvadore pleaded guilty on Oct. 14, 2015, to indecent assault and simple assault, with prosecutors withdrawing charges of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault and aggravated indecent assault. At that time, Russell sentenced him to serve nine to 23 months in prison, plus an additional 12 months on probation, pay costs and $50 to the Criminal Justice Enhancement Account, perform 40 hours community service, have no contact with the victim and submit a DNA sample to law enforcement authorities.
Mahanoy Township police charged Salvadore with assaulting the 32-year-old woman in the early morning hours of Aug. 31, 2014, at his residence on Ellengowen Road.
Police said the woman told them she was crying, tried to push the defendant away and told him she did not want any contact with him. However, Salvadore did not listen to her and continued making sexual advances, according to police.
Megan’s Law was enacted in Pennsylvania, numerous other states and at the federal level after the July 29, 1994, murder of Megan Nicole Kanka, 7, in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. Jesse Timmendequas, Kanka’s killer, was one of her neighbors and a twice-convicted sex offender; his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment after New Jersey enacted legislation to abolish the death penalty in that state.