A former politician who molested a 103-year-old nursing home resident received a sentence to two years' probation a day after another politician in the same township was arrested on child porn charges.
William Spingler, 76, was sentenced on Thursday (US time) after being convicted of indecent assault on a person with a mental disability in June. He will not be required to register as a sex offender.
Workers at a nursing home in Wayne saw Spingler, a real estate agent, grope the woman on three occasions, prosecutors said. The woman has dementia and is related to Spingler by marriage.Spingler apologized in court."I made a tremendous error," Spingler said.
"For that, I am truly sorry, but the thing I am most sorry for is the pain I've inflicted on my family."
Prosecutors requested Spingler serve time in prison, comparing an assault on an elderly person to abuse of a child.