Dennis Reilly, 76, of Hatboro, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of unlawful contact with a minor and two misdemeanor counts of corruption of minors, The Pottstown Mercury reported.

In early March, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Hatboro Police Chief Mark Ruegg announced Reilly’s arrest for allegedly soliciting sexual acts from a 15-year-old girl.

According to the DA’s announcement, Hatboro police received a report of a “concerning interaction” between a juvenile and an adult male on February 26. Officials were told that a girl was walking her dog with her younger sister when a male, later identified as Reilly, approached the girls and offered them $100 each for photographs of their feet.

Following the encounter, the girl received multiple texts from the male, asking for more photographs of her feet, DA Steele said. A Hatboro detective reviewed the text exchanges between Reilly and the girl, then took over the cellphone and began communicating with Reilly, acting as the teenage girl.

In the texts, Reilly asked to meet the girl for sexual activities in exchange for $300 and agreed to meet the girl at the South York Road Wawa in Hatboro at a set time. Reilly said they would then drive to his residence for sex, adding that he would use a “rubber.” When Reilly arrived at the Wawa on February 26, he was met and interviewed by Hatboro police, who seized his cellphone.

According to The Mercury, Reilly faces a possible maximum sentence of 2.5 to 5 years in prison. He also faces an evaluation by the Pennsylvania Sexual Offenders Assessment Board, which will determine if he meets the criteria to be classified as a sexually violent predator.

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