MEDIA, Pa. – A former Pennsylvania politician who molested a 103-year-old nursing home resident has been sentenced to 23 months’ probation. It came a day after a politician in the same township was arrested on child porn charges.
Seventy-six-year-old William Spingler was sentenced Thursday after being convicted of indecent assault on a person with a mental disability in June. The Paoli resident will not be required to register as a sex offender.
Prosecutors say nursing home employees saw Spingler grope the woman multiple times. The woman has dementia and is related to Spingler by marriage.
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Spingler was elected as Radnor Township commissioner in 1969. The Democrat later served as a Delaware County commissioner.
He apologized to the woman’s family in court.
On Wednesday, Democratic Radnor Township commissioner Philip Ahr surrendered on child porn charges.