Child Sex Assault Charges End In Prison For Bensalem Township Man

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA —A former special education assistant at a Hatboro-Horsham school will spend between 24 and 48 years in prison for sexually assaulting two boys in Bensalem.

Bucks County Common Pleas Judge C. Theodore Fritsch sentenced Anthony Troupe, of Bensalem, on Thursday and deemed him a sexually violent predator.

Troupe, 34, entered a plea of no contest to charges of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child (two counts), corruption of minors, dissemination of photos/film of child sexual acts, and other charges, court records show.

Troupe was a contractor assigned to Hallowell Elementary School in Horsham, and worked there for some time in 2020 and 2021, the school said. Bensalem Township Police said the victims were not associated with his job for the district.

Bensalem Police arrested Troupe in March 2021. Troupe was charged with Involuntary Sexual Intercourse with a Child, Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse, Corruption of Minors, and related offenses.

The investigation started on March 16 when Bensalem detectives conducted a search warrant for child pornography at Troupe’s residence, located along the 5800 block of Bensalem Blvd.

Troupe was originally charged with possessing and disseminating child pornography. But after his arrest on March 16, detectives identified two children who said they were sexually assaulted by Troupe. Read more: Horsham Elementary School Worker Faces Child-Sex Charges

One of the victims said Troupe is "the worst person I ever met" in court and said he regretted meeting Troupe, a Bucks County Courier Times report said.

For the two first-degree charges of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, Judge Fritsch sentenced Troupe to between 10 and 20 years on each charge. His sentence for the charge of corruption of minors is between one and two years, and the sentence for dissemination of photo/film of child sexual acts is between three and six years.

A number of other charges were not prosecuted.

Patch's Michelle Rotuno-Johnson contributed to this report.