A man and woman will face decades in state prison for the repeated sexual assault of three children – two girls and one boy – under the age of 13, abuse that they also filmed in more than 40 videos of child pornography.
Leonard F. Hewitt Sr., 51, and Krystyn Anne Smock, 40, both of Bristol Township, committed the acts for more than four years from January 2014 to October 2019, the investigation uncovered. One of the victims came forward in January 2020, leading to their arrests shortly afterward.
Hewitt and Smock pleaded guilty last year on a number of felony sex offenses, including rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a child, aggravated indecent assault of a child, photographing, videotaping, depicting on computer or filming sexual acts, and criminal conspiracy. They appeared Tuesday, Jan. 18, before Bucks County’s President Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr. for sentencing.
Calling their actions monstrous, Bateman said the “abuse occurred by two people who are supposed to care for them, protect them and love them.” He sentenced Hewitt to 20 to 40 years in state prison and Smock to 15 to 30 years in state prison. Both will be required to register as sex offenders for the rest of their lives.
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