COURT HOUSE — Walter Krych, a former Middle Township police officer, admitted Oct. 23 to sexually assaulting two young girls while they were sleeping over his home.
Krych plead guilty to the second-degree offenses before Superior Court Judge Raymond Batten as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors. The deal calls for Krych to serve nine years in prison and will be ineligible for parole for 85 percent of the term.
Krych must be registers as a registered sex offender for the rest of his life, is subject to community supervision after his release from prison and must avoid contact with the victims.
The girls were 9 or 10 years old, and friends of Krych’s daughter, when the sexual as-saults took place during a sleepover in 2001 and 2002. Both girls are now teenagers.
One victim had come forward, leading to an investigation and his arrest Jan. 25. News of that arrest prompted another victim to contact police several days later. Krych, who was out on bail, was arrested again Jan. 28.
Krych, 54, served as a Middle Township police officer for 14 years. The Police Department suspended him without pay after the first arrest on Jan. 25 and his was indicted by a grand jury in May.
Contact Suit at: (609) 886-8600 ext. 25 or lsuit@cmcherald.com
Lower Township – Who are these people that are obvious experts on trash cans and leaf pick-up? Maybe they don't have any trash to put out or leaves in their yard!!
