Man Faces 17 Years In Prison For Seeking Sex With Bensalem Girl

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA —A Pottstown man faces 8 ½ to 17 years in state prison for attempting to meet a 12-year-old girl for sex last year, authorities said.

Uturah Golson, 33, pleaded guilty in April to criminal attempt to commit rape of a child, criminal attempt to commit involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and criminal solicitation to photograph or film a child sex act. Golson appeared before Common Pleas Judge Charissa J. Liller on Thursday, and she sent him to state prison for up to 17 years, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said.

Additionally, she sentenced Golson to 20 years of probation and recommended that the state prison give him sex offender supervision and mental health treatment.

The investigation by the Bensalem Township Police Department began in March 2023 when Golson started an inappropriate sexual conversation on a dating app with an alleged 12-year-old female.

During the conversation, Golson asked the juvenile if she would send him nude photos.

The messaging continued for over three months. In the conversations, Golson repeatedly asked the juvenile to meet with him to have sexual intercourse and specifically described the sexual acts that he wanted to perform on her.

In July 2023, Golson took public transportation from his home in Pottstown to Bensalem to meet with the juvenile to have a sexual encounter.

That meeting never took place, but Golson was identified as being in the area while he was messaging the juvenile stating that he was at her residence.

After the canceled meeting, Golson continued to message the juvenile.

At one point, the juvenile stated she was at her friend’s house.

Golson asked her friend’s age and when she said the friend was 11, Golson asked to meet to have sex with both of them.

Golson was arrested on July 13, 2023.

“I commend the Bensalem Police Department and the prosecution team for the outstanding work done in this case, and I am grateful for the assistance of the Pottstown Police Department,” District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said. “It’s thanks to professionals like these that sexual predators who are trolling the internet looking to prey upon our kids are caught, prosecuted, and incarcerated.”

This case was investigated by the Bensalem Township Police Detective Ryan Kolb, with assistance from the Pottstown Police Department.