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NORRISTOWN — A Philadelphia man admitted to having unlawful communications of a sexual nature with an underage Lower Moreland girl and will be sentenced by a judge later this year.
Joseph McGuire, 66, of the 2300 block of North 30th Street, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to charges of unlawful contact or communication with a minor, dissemination of explicit sexual materials to a minor and corruption of a minor in connection with incidents that occurred between 2021 and 2022.
Judge Wendy G. Rothstein deferred sentencing until June so that McGuire can be evaluated by the Pennsylvania Sexual Offender Assessment Board, which will determine if McGuire meets criteria to be classified as a sexually violent predator. Those classified as predators face more stringent restrictions under state law.
Rothstein said McGuire also must undergo a psychosexual evaluation and comply with all recommendations for treatment.
McGuire faces a possible maximum sentence of 7 to 14 years in prison on the charges.
The judge remanded McGuire to the county jail without bail to await his sentencing hearing.
Regardless the sentence he receives, McGuire faces a 25-year requirement to report his address to state police in order to comply with Pennsylvania’s Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act, formerly known as Megan’s Law.
The judge ordered McGuire to have no contact with the victim.
An investigation began on Jan. 2, 2022, when Lower Moreland police responded to a Levy Lane residence in the Huntingdon Valley section of the township where the mother of a 15-year-old girl reported that an adult male had exchanged sexually explicit text messages with the girl.
“The offender was identified as Joseph McGuire, a 64-year-old male,” Lower Moreland Detective Justin Brommer wrote in the criminal complaint.
The victim’s sister reported she had observed a series of sexually explicit text messages between the juvenile and McGuire on the girl’s Apple watch. McGuire, according to court papers, once worked at the Philly Skate Zone, Palace Roller Rink, in Philadelphia where the victim spent a lot of her time.
When detectives interviewed the teenage victim, she disclosed that she and McGuire talked about each other’s sex lives over the phone and via text message. The pair also communicated via the social media app Snapchat, detectives said.
“Victim reported during one conversation, she was asked to send him images of herself which she did via text message,” Brommer alleged, adding McGuire also sent the victim a photo of his genitals.
The girl also reported that McGuire provided her with marijuana and offered her alcoholic beverages.
When detectives downloaded the contents of the victim’s phone they found several screenshot images of sexually explicit text conversations between the juvenile and McGuire.
Detectives also reviewed data from McGuire’s cellphone. An analysis of that data showed that McGuire’s phone communicated with the victim’s phone a total of 1,922 times between August 2021 and January 2022, according to court documents.
“The victim’s number was the most frequently communicated number in McGuire’s phone,” Brommer alleged.
Specifically, detectives found 641 voice calls, 1,278 text messages and three “other” types of communication between McGuire’s phone and the victim’s phone, according to court papers.
“Some of the voice calls were over 60 minutes long, with the majority of the calls taking place in the late night or early morning hours,” Brommer alleged.
Assistant District Attorney Jediah Grobstein is handling the case. Defense lawyer Michael Drossner represented McGuire during the court proceedings.
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