A Bucks County man is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to felony aggravated indecent assault of a child as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.
Court records show Michael Lee, 53, of Silverdale Borough, recently pleaded guilty to the charge in Bucks County court in exchange for the remaining charges being dropped. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 27 at 9:30 a.m. and he remains in custody at the Bucks County Correctional Facility in lieu of 10% of $350,000 cash bail, according to court documents.
Lee resides in Silverdale Borough, which has a Perkasie mailing address and contracts police services via Hilltown Police.
According to the criminal complaint, police were dispatched to Lee’s home on Feb. 24 for a report of a suicide attempt. Police said Lee had attempted to hang himself after allegedly confessing to sexually abusing a child during a confrontation with another adult.
Investigators made contact with the victim, who was forensically interviewed on March 2. During the interview, the victim said when she was in kindergarten she had stayed overnight at Lee’s home, and after he had put her to bed, he re-entered the room several times and touched her inappropriately, according to charging documents.
Police said the victim had informed another adult of what happened, leading to the confrontation on Feb. 24. During the confrontation, Lee allegedly confessed to molesting the child and said, “I did the baddest (sic) thing that anyone could do,” according to the complaint.
Charges were filed against Lee on April 6, and he was arraigned the following day. He faces a maximum of 10 years in state prison on the aggravated indecent assault of a child charge.
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