Man gets prison for indecent assault
NORRISTOWN >> An Easton man was sent to prison for having indecent contact with a Pottstown woman without her consent after a night of drinking at a local bar.
Christopher Robert Wolf, 27, of the 700 block of South Washington Street, Easton, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 3-to-6-years in a state correctional facility after he pleaded guilty to charges of indecent assault without consent and strangulation in connection with a June 2017 incident at a residence along the 800 block of East High Street in Pottstown.
Judge Steven C. Tolliver, who accepted a plea agreement in the matter, also ordered Wolf to com-
plete eight years’ probation following parole, meaning Wolf will be under court supervision for 14 years. Tolliver ordered Wolf to have no contact with the victim as a condition of the sentence.
Wolf faces sex offender supervision during the parole and probationary periods. The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Erika Wevodau. Wolf was represented by defense lawyer Nicholas Reifsnyder.
An investigation began on June 26, 2017, when Pottstown detectives received a report of an attempted rape that took place at a residence in the 800 block of East High Street. The victim told police she was sexually assaulted between the night of June 25 and the early morning hours of June 26.
According to the victim, prior to the assault, she went to a local bar with a relative and Wolf. Later in the evening, the woman stated she had to leave the bar or she was going to pass out and Wolf accompanied the woman home, according to the criminal complaint. Once at home, the woman passed out in the bathroom and Wolf allegedly woke her up and she went to sleep on a couch.
“The victim woke up several times to Wolf having unwanted sexual contact with her. The victim was unable to stop Wolf and was in and out of an unconsciousness state during this time,” Pottstown Detective Heather Long alleged in the arrest affidavit. “The victim attempted to push Wolf off her but was unsuccessful.”
When the victim said “No,” Wolf sat on top of the victim’s chest and pushed her head into the couch pillows so she could not breathe, according to the arrest affidavit.
“The victim tried to push Wolf off her, but he kept pushing her head into the couch cushions holding her there. The victim passed out after that and woke up the next morning,” Long alleged.
With the strangulation charge, prosecutors alleged Wolf knowingly or intentionally impeded the breathing of the woman by blocking her nose and mouth.
Other charges of attempted rape of an unconscious person, attempted sexual assault, unlawful restraint and aggravated indecent assault were dismissed against Wolf as part of the plea agreement.