Aston man gets 90 years in horrific sex abuse case
PHILADELPHIA » An Aston man was sentenced Tuesday to serve 90 years in federal prison for his manufacture of sexually explicit images of a 7-year-old girl and the transportation, receipt and possession of child pornography.
Matthew Maffei, also known as “Uncle Matt,” of the first block of Dogwood Lane, was also sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg to lifetime supervised released, a $20,000 assessment pursuant to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, $5,000 restitution and a $400 special assessment.
Maffei, a first-time offender, previously pleaded guilty to all charges in the federal indictment.
The government sought the statutory maximum sentence of 90 years based on the horrific details of the case.
“Maffei sexually abused the 7-year-old child in the victim’s own home. He also forced the victim’s 5-yearold brother to witness his abuse of the 7-year-old on one occasion, and threatened to kill both children if they told their parents what Maffei had done,” according to a release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. “As part of the sexual assaults on this child, the defendant defecated on her face.”
Calling the sexual assaults, “unspeakable,” the judge imposed the 90-year prison sentence, asking the parents to assure the victim and her brother that “this defendant will never in his lifetime be released from custody,” according to the release.
The case was investigated by the FBI in conjunction with the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office and Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, as well as the Middletown Township Police Department in Delaware, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Rotella.
“Maffei sexually abused the 7-year-old child in the victim’s own home. He also forced the victim’s 5-yearold brother to witness his abuse of the 7-year-old on one occasion, and threatened to kill both children if they told their parents what Maffei had done,”
— According to a release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office