Jul. 2—WILKES-BARRE — An Exeter man’s extreme well being points was not sufficient to maintain him out of jail for exposing himself and sending lewd footage and sexual chat messages to a lady.
Luzerne County Decide David W. Lupas sentenced Griffith Elias, 70, of Birchwood Estates, to four-to-20 months on the county correctional facility on a cost of illegal contact with a minor. Elias pled responsible to the cost April 3.
Elias was additionally sentenced to 18 months probation and mandated to register his deal with as a intercourse offender for 25 years underneath the state’s Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act.
Elias’ lawyer, Michael Butera, sought home arrest with probation as Elias suffers from extreme well being points and takes quite a few drugs. Elias additionally cares for, Butera mentioned, a sister stricken with most cancers.
Assistant District Lawyer Maria McCuskey argued for time in jail advising Lupas that the woman’s father was against probation.
Lupas mentioned something lower than a sentence that didn’t contain incarceration would diminish the offense.
Elias was charged by Wyoming Space Regional Police in August 2023, after investigating a grievance that he was deliberately exposing himself to a lady and sending the kid inappropriate chat messages, in response to courtroom information.
Court docket information say Elias would encourage the woman to stroll previous his home trailer the place he would expose himself to her. Elias additionally despatched lewd footage of himself to the woman together with sexual sort chats on a social media app, courtroom information say.
Detectives with the district lawyer’s workplace assisted within the investigation.
