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5 days ago
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WB man sentenced to state prison for online child solicitation
May 29—WILKES-BARRE — A Wilkes-Barre man who expressed his interest to a teen girl of having sex outdoors beginning on a bridge was sentenced to state prison Thursday. Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Vough sentenced Joseph Mark Joyce, 57, last known address as South Main Street, to 15-to-30 months in prison on charges of criminal attempt to commit unlawful contact with a minor and criminal use of communication facility. Joyce pled guilty to the charges Feb. 14. Kingston police charged Joyce in January 2023, based on information from a confidential witness posing online as an "almost-16-year-old girl," according to court records. Joyce sent the girl a message, "Hey and proceeded to communicate how he enjoys having sex outdoors and in front of people, court records say. Joyce proposed during his online communications, court records say, they could start having sex on a bridge. During his sentencing hearing, Joyce said he was "sorry about this." Joyce is subject to 25 years registration as a sex offender under the state's Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act. In an unrelated case, Joyce was sentenced to two years probation for hindering apprehension that was filed by the Pennsylvania State Police at Wilkes-Barre stemming from an incident in Plymouth Township on on Dec. 29, 2021.
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10-04-2025
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Man sentenced up to four years on firearm offense, online child solicitation
Apr. 10—WILKES-BARRE — A man who drove from Mississippi to meet who he believed was a 14-year-old girl for sex while in possession of a loaded firearm was sentenced to up to two years in state prison Thursday. Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Vough sentenced Tyler Anthony Quintana, 32, address listed as homeless, to two-to-four years in prison on charges of possession of a firearm with an altered serial number and criminal solicitation to commit statutory sexual assault. Quintana pled guilty to the charges Jan. 3. Kingston police charged Quintana based on information provided by a confidential witness not named in court records. The cooperating witness contacted police when Quintana showed up at a pre-determined location on Wyoming Avenue on Dec. 8, 2023, according to court records. Quintana drove from Mississippi to meet the girl after a series of online communications that began in December 2022, court records say. Online messages listed in court records are sexually graphic with Quintana having intentions of taking the girl to Ohio to meet his mother. The cooperating witness contacted police who arrested Quintana at the location. During a search of the Jeep, police found a 9mm handgun handgun with two rounds and an altered serial number behind the driver's seat, court records say.
