POTTSVILLE — The Minersville woman who sexually assaulted a teenage boy in September 2015 in Pottsville will be subject to Megan's Law sanctions for 25 years, a Schuylkill County judge decided on Tuesday.

Brittany A. Marks, 25, is a Tier 2 offender under state law due to the seriousness of her crimes, and thereby subject to 25 years of sanctions, according to Judge John E. Domalakes.

Domalakes also ruled that he could not consider whether Marks is a sexually violent predator, since a state Superior Court panel has declared that part of the law unconstitutional.

Assistant District Attorney Debra A. Smith and Assistant Public Defender Andrea L. Thompson, Marks' lawyer, agreed on Tuesday with Domalakes' decision that the defendant is a Tier 2 offender under state law. Smith read the exact nature of the sanctions to Marks during the hearing.

Marks, who sat through Tuesday's hearing wearing handcuffs and a prison jumpsuit, pleaded guilty on Nov. 15 to statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors and indecent assault. At that time, Domalakes sentenced her to serve six to 14 months in prison, pay costs and $50 to the Criminal Justice Enhancement Account, and submit a DNA sample to law enforcement authorities.

Pottsville police charged Marks with assaulting the boy on Sept. 1, 2015, in the city. Smith said the boy was 15 years old at the time of the assault.

The Megan's Law sanctions to which Marks is subject require her to provide her name, address, photograph, employment, any schools she might attend, registration of any vehicles she owns and other information to the Pennsylvania State Police. Any violation of the sanctions would be an additional crime and subject marks to further prosecution.

Megan's Law was enacted in Pennsylvania, numerous other states and at the federal level after the July 29, 1994, murder of Megan Nicole Kanka, 7, in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. Jesse Timmendequas, Kanka's killer, was one of her neighbors and a twice-convicted sex offender; his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment after New Jersey enacted legislation to abolish the death penalty in that state.

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Defendant: Brittany A. Marks

Age: 25

Residence: Minersville

Crimes committed: Statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors and indecent assault

Prison sentence: Six to 14 months, plus 25 years of Megan's Law sanctions