A Scranton man will spend up to four years in prison for urinating on a 3-year-old and making the child drink his urine.

On Wednesday, Lackawanna County Judge Vito Geroulo sentenced James Matthew Acevedo-Schneider, 24, to one to four years in state prison. He was also given one year of probation for a criminal trespassing charge.

Scranton Patrolman Matthew Phillips found Mr. Acevedo-Schneider, 526 River St., with a child screaming for his mother on Feb. 27 at Hilltop Manor Apartments. When the child's mother returned home, he told his mom that Mr. Acevedo-Schneider urinated in his mouth.

Mr. Acevedo-Schneider was taken into custody and questioned at the police station, where he said that he and the boy "were at war." He said he urinated in a bottle two weeks earlier and told the child to drink it.

Mr. Acevedo-Schneider told the court that he was "messed up on Four Lokos" and thought it was a game.

Judge Geroulo also ordered him to get a mental health and drug and alcohol evaluation and to register with state police for 15 years as a sex offender.

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