James Carey, the former Warminster Township police officer who sexually assaulted five boys, was sentenced Tuesday in Bucks County, to serve 24 ½ to 55 years in a state correctional institution.
Carey, 54, of Cape May Court House, N.J., committed the acts while working as a DA.R.E. officer, a volunteer firefighter and while running a program for troubled youth at the township’s recreation center more than two decades ago, the Bucks County District Attorney’s office said.
He entered an open no contest plea on Oct 27, 2022, to five counts each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and corruption of minors, seven counts of indecent assault, two counts each of statutory rape and statutory sexual assault and one count of aggravated indecent assault.
Prior to sentencing President Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr., heard impact statements from the five victims.
One man said the damage caused years of anger and resentment, leading to substance abuse, incarceration, and suicide attempts. Another said his chance at a normal life was stolen by a “monster of a human being.”
Another victim said he lived his adolescent years in fear, blaming himself for Carey’s actions. “I spent my whole adult life hating myself,” he said. “This has impacted every aspect of my life: physically, mentally, financially and emotionally.”
Bateman called Carey a coward who used his “badge and uniform as weapons of his depravity.”
Most of the assaults happened while Carey was in uniform, the victims testified.
Carey was a police officer for Warminster Township from 1989 to 2009, and previously and briefly worked for the North Wales Police Department in Montgomery County and the Warwick Township Police Department.
In addition to the sentence, Carey was also deemed a sexually violent predator.
Bateman also criticized the actions of the police department during the time Carey worked there for failing to do more for the victims.
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