Nicholas J. Grimm, who admitted indecently assaulting a youth in June 2014, will be subject to Megan’s Law sanctions for more than two decades, a Schuylkill County judge ruled Wednesday.
Judge James P. Goodman decided Grimm, 28, of Williamstown, is not a sexually violent predator, the same conclusion reached by the state Sexual Offenders Assessment Board, but is a sexual offender and must comply with the sanctions for 25 years.
The Megan’s Law sanctions will require Grimm 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 Grimm to further prosecution.
“You must comply with all the requirements,” Goodman warned Grimm, who said he understood the sanctions.
Grimm originally pleaded guilty on Nov. 12, 2015, to indecent assault, with prosecutors withdrawing charges of statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with a minor and corruption of minors. At that time, pursuant to an agreement between prosecutors and the defendant, Goodman placed Grimm on probation for two years, and also sentenced him to pay costs and $50 to the Criminal Justice Enhancement Account and submit a DNA sample to law enforcement authorities.
State police at Schuylkill Haven charged Grimm with assaulting the victim on June 7, 2014, in Hegins Township.
Grimm agreed to be sentenced before the board completed its evaluation of him.
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.