Lower Moreland man draws prison for sexual assault of underage girl

NORRISTOWN >> A Lower Moreland man was sent to prison after he admitted to sexually assaulting an underage girl in the township.

Tabias Javah Davis-Diaz, 22, of the 3700 block of Pine Road in the Huntingdon Valley section of the township, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 2 to 10 years in a state correctional facility after he pleaded guilty to charges of statutory sexual assault, indecent assault of a person under 16 years of age and corruption of a minor in connection with incidents that occurred in September 2020.

At the time of the incidents, the girl was 13 and Davis-Diaz was 20, according to court papers.

Judge Risa Vetri Ferman also ordered Davis-Diaz to complete five years’ probation following parole, meaning Davis-Diaz will be under court supervision for 15 years.

The judge said Davis-Diaz must comply with all recommendations for treatment after a psychosexual evaluation and must complete a sex offender treatment program while incarcerated. Upon release from prison, Davis-Diaz must participate in a community-based sex offender treatment program as directed by the state Board of Probation and Parole.

Davis-Diaz is prohibited from having contact with the victim and her family and is prohibited from having unsupervised contact with minors. Davis-Diaz also must cooperate with a full disclosure polygraph examination to help his treatment team develop an appropriate and comprehensive treatment program, the judge said.

Davis-Diaz also faces a 25-year requirement to report his address to state police in order to comply with Pennsylvania’s Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act.

An investigation began on Oct. 1, 2020, when Lower Moreland police received a report of sexual contact between Davis-Diaz and the underage girl who was visiting the area from another state and who knew Davis-Diaz’s family, according to the criminal complaint.

The girl told investigators that Davis-Diaz had sexual contact with her on two occasions while she was in the company of Davis-Diaz, according to the criminal complaint filed by Lower Moreland detectives.

Other charges of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a child and aggravated indecent assault of a child were dismissed against Davis-Diaz.