Charleroi Man Sentenced For Sexual Assault

A Charleroi man who allegedly raped a minor in their Charleroi home in August of 2019 pleaded guilty in court on Wednesday. James Heinzelman-McIvor, 18 was charged in August of 2022 when a child came forward to police and claimed that Heinzelman-McIvor raped them in 2019 and continued with inappropriate advances afterward. The victim indicated that the assaults occurred when they were 11 or 12 years old. Heinzelman-McIvor pleaded guilty to statutory sexual assault. He was facing charges of child rape and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child among several other felonies not prosecuted by the district attorney. Heinzelman-McIvor will spend the next 3-6 years in state prison and will have to register as a sex offender. The judge was reluctant to take the plea to reduced charges. The district attorney stated that the victim agreed with the sentence, offering that they did not want to see Heinzelman-McIvor go to jail.