Former Philly Skate Zone employee convicted of sexual communication with Lower Moreland teen

Joseph McGuire, 66, of Philadelphia, was sentenced to 7 to 14 years in prison after admitting to having more than 1,000 text messages and phone calls, many of them of a sexual nature, with a 15-year-old Lower Moreland Township girl between 2021 and 2022. The reporter said.

McGuire was charged with unauthorized contact or communication with a minor, distribution of sexually explicit material to a minor, and enticement of a minor in connection with the incidents.

A judge ordered him to spend five years on probation after his release and to have no contact with the victim. The Pennsylvania Sexual Offender Assessment Board concluded that he met the state’s criteria to be classified as a sexually violent offender. The reporter said.

“I deeply apologize. I hope to get my life back on track,” McGuire said in court.

According to Lower Moreland Police, McGuire was arrested on March 29, 2023, after a year-long investigation.

The investigation began on January 2, 2022, when Lower Moreland Police were called to a residence on Levy Lane in Huntingdon Valley where the mother reported that an adult male had exchanged sexually explicit text messages with her daughter.

The victim’s sister said she saw sexually explicit text messages between the teen and McGuire. According to The Mercury, McGuire once worked at the Philly Skate Zone, Palace Roller Rink, where he met the victim.

The girl also said that McGuire gave her marijuana and offered her alcohol.

Investigators found 641 voice calls, 1,278 text messages and three “other” types of communication between McGuire’s phone and the victim’s phone.

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