Sellersville Man with History of Sex Crime Convictions Pleads Guilty to Molesting 9-Year-Old Neighbor

Keith Heffintrayer | North Penn Now•

Alvin "Chip" Rosenberger, 55, of Sellersville.

A Sellersville man with a history of prior convictions for sex crimes has pleaded guilty to all charges following allegations that he had molested a 9-year-old neighbor.

Court records show Alvin "Chip” Rosenberger pleaded guilty on Tuesday to felony counts of aggravated indecent assault of a child, attempted aggravated indecent assault of a child, indecent assault of a person less than 13 years of age, corruption of minors, unlawful contact with a minor, and related offenses stemming from an investigation by the Perkasie Borough Police Department. Sentencing was deferred, pending a pre-sentencing investigation, and bail was revoked, court records show.

Investigators were contacted in April 2023 regarding the alleged sexual abuse of a young girl by her neighbor, identified as Rosenberger. The girl’s parents told police they had observed messages their daughter had sent to a friend on her phone indicating that Rosenberger had attempted to have sex with her, according to charging documents.

The parents told police that Rosenberger had been their neighbor for two years, and he would occasionally take their daughter on walks around the neighborhood. After reading the messages on their daughter’s phone, they learned that Rosenberger had kissed the girl and touched her inappropriately during one of their recent walks, police said.

In an interview with the Bucks County Children Advocacy Center, the girl provided additional details, stating that while she was on a walk with Rosenberger, he took her into a neighbor’s apartment — who was hospitalized at the time — then kissed her on the mouth and touched her inappropriately, police said. Rosenberger stopped when the girl said she didn’t like what he was doing, according to the complaint.

The girl provided a description of the interior of the apartment, and upon being contacted by police, the occupant of the apartment confirmed they were hospitalized, Rosenberger had access as he was caring for their dog, and the girl had never otherwise been inside of the apartment, police said. The description of the apartment provided by the victim matched the interior of the apartment, according to police.

Court records show Rosenberger previously served a six-to-23-month jail sentence in February 2013 after pleading guilty to three misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure.

North Penn Now staffer Tony Di Domizio — who was the editor of the Lansdale Patch at the time of Rosenberger’s previous arrest — wrote that Rosenberger was arrested in May 20212 after repeatedly masturbating along the tree line of a female neighbor’s home along the 1600 block of North Line Street in Montgomery Township.

Rosenberger, who was facing a maximum three-to-six-year prison sentence at that time, was also sentenced to four years’ probation upon his release, court records show.

Sentencing coverage by Carl Hessler Jr. at the Pottstown Mercury indicated Rosenberger’s attorney sought a probation sentence in the case, stating a jail sentence would "cripple” Rosenberger’s contracting business. The report also states Rosenberger expressed remorse after hearing the victim’s impact statement.

"I’m very sorry for what I did, especially after I read the impact statement. I was pretty moved by her impact statement. I had no idea I hurt her that way,” Rosenberger testified, per Hessler’s report. "I don’t know what else to say.”

Further review of court records shows Rosenberger also previously pleaded guilty in 2002 to an indecent assault without consent charge, however details for that case and grading for the offense are unavailable.

Rosenberger is facing a 10 to 20 year prison sentence on the aggravated indecent assault of a child charge alone, along with a fine of up to $25,000 and a lifetime requirement to register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law.