Sexual Assault Of Elderly Woman Gets Middletown Man Up To 25 Years In Prison

A 20-year-old Middletown man who admitted he sexually assaulted an elderly woman at knifepoint during a burglary at her home will serve up to 25 years in prison.

Patrick Dilks, 20, was sentenced to 12 ½ to 25 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and burglary of an occupied dwelling.

According to the Bucks County District Attorney's office, Dilks admitted entering the woman’s house on Oct. 23, 2015 while the victim was watching TV in her upstairs bedroom.

The woman told police Dilks was holding a knife and forced her to disrobe and perform oral sex on him, threatening to rape her when she initially refused, the District Attorney's office said.

The victim submitted a written statement that she had asked Deputy District Attorney Kristin M. McElroy to read aloud in court.

“I felt fear like I had never felt fear before when…I walked out of my bedroom and saw a strange young man holding a knife in my hall,” the statement said. “With the help of my Lord and Savior Jesus, I got through this horrible experience of sexual assault. I have forgiven him but I want to be sure that he gets a fair punishment so no other person has to go through this horrific experience. He has to learn that there are consequences to bad decisions.”

Dilks will also be under consecutive five years of probation,and must pay $880 in restitution to the victim. He was also ordered to undergo drug and alcohol and sex-offender treatment, and register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.