CARLISLE - A Perry County man charged with sexually assaulting a mentally-disabled girl is facing up to eight years behind bars.

Mark B. Clegg.

Mark B. Clegg, 49, of Penn Township, was sentenced today by Cumberland County Judge Jessica Brewbaker to 4 to 8 years in state prison, followed by 24 months of probation, on one count of statutory sexual assault.

He is a lifetime Megan's Law registrant.

The assaults occurred between August 2013 and October 2015, when the victim was under the age of consent, police said. The girl is now 18.

Clegg told troopers he was "going through a crisis at this time" and that he had sexual contact with the victim on two occasions in her bedroom in Middlesex Township, Cumberland County.

Police say the girl would ride along with Clegg as he delivered newspapers in the Carlisle area. Clegg was an independent contractor delivering The Patriot-News prior to July 2015, when he gave up his route.

Two counts of rape of a mentally disabled person, an additional count of statutory sexual assault, and single counts of aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault were dismissed at the time of his April 25 plea.