Suspended Perry County district judge get two month prison term for official oppression, corruption of minors
Former Perry County Magisterial District Judge Michael E. Schechterly was sentenced 60 days in jail and barred from holding any judicial office again Tuesday. Schechterly had pleaded guilty last year to corruption of minors and official oppression charges stemming from separate incidents.Michael E.
Schechterly apologized in court to his victims, his family and friends, and the broader Perry County community, and said he takes “full responsibility” for his actions and is ready to accept the consequences. But he also tried to offer an explanation for why these things happened. Schechterly - who was regularly involved with kids as a leader in his church’s Royal Rangers youth ministry - had also been investigated in 2015 on separate complaints about spending the night with a group of boys at his court office in Newport. In a subsequent search of his office at that time, police found DVD discs containing pornography, which Schechterly attributed to a porn addiction.
State sentencing guidelines on the oppression charge - the most serious that Schechterly pleaded to - called for a minimum term ranging from probation to nine months in prison.
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