Elderly Bucks County Man Who Had Sex With 5-Year-Old Sobs During Sentencing

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — A 73-year-old man who repeatedly "tricked" a small girl into having oral sex by turning it into a game sobbed as he was sentenced to state prison on Thursday, according to information from the Bucks County District Attorney's office.

Tony Carter of Warminster, who pleaded guilty in May to two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child and one count of unlawful contact with a minor, was to sentenced to serve seven and a half to 20 years in state prison.

He began abusing the victim when she was 5 years old and it continued "repeatedly" for almost two years, authorities said.

Sobbing and pleading not to be jailed for the rest of his life, Carter told the judge during sentencing that “she came up with the game," according to a statement from the District Attorney's office.

Authorities say the repeated abuse has severely harmed the girl, who is in therapy.

The victim, who lives with her grandparents, shows symptoms of post-traumatic stress syndrome, has reverted to wearing diapers, suffers from constant anxiety and nightmares, has begun showing cruelty to her younger brother and pets, displays inappropriate sexual behavior and, in the words of her grandmother, “knows no boundaries," information from the District Attorney said.

The trauma and psychological damage “is something that she is going to carry with her for the rest of her life, and she’s only 7 years old,” Deputy District Attorney Kristin M. McElroy said.

Carter has also been declared a sexually violent predator, which means he'll have a lifetime registration with police and other monitoring conditions.