Credit: Bucks County District Attorney’s Office
A Bristol Township man was convicted of sexually assaulting a boy over more than a decade.
David Charles Hofmann, 62, was found guilty at the Bucks County Justice Center Wednesday on charges of rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a person less than 13 years old, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a person less than 16 years old, indecent assault of a person less than 13 years old, indecent assault of a person less than 16 years old, statutory sexual assault and corruption of minors, according to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office.
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Bucks County Judge Brian McGuffin deferred sentencing while Hofmann undergoes a sex offender registration assessment.
Hofmann sexually assaulted a boy between 1995 and 2007.
From prosecutors:
The incidents took place most frequently at the victim’s home. Over the years of abuse, Hofmann plied the victim with numerous gifts to buy his silence.
During the assaults, Hofmann was considered a friend to the victim’s family and referred to as “Uncle Dave.” Hofmann lived with the victim’s family at various times throughout the 12-year period of abuse.
In 2007, the victim disclosed the abuse to his parents, but the abuse was not reported to police at that time. However, the victim’s parents recorded a video conversation with the defendant soon after the disclosure. In the video, which was played during trial, Hofmann admitted to sexually abusing the victim.
Thirteen years after the abuse ended, the victim, now in his 30s, “wanted to take control back of his life and walked into the Falls Township Police Department on Feb. 5, 2020, and told them what happened,” Heimbach told the jury.
During a second recorded confession, Hofmann, in a phone conversation with the victim, again admitted to repeatedly sexually abusing victim when he was a boy.
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Assistant District Attorney Sarah Heimbach said during closing arguments that the victim’s “world was forever changed in the summer if 1995.”
“With his brave decision to come forward once he was ready to do so, this brave victim sends a powerful message to victims of sex abuse everywhere: it’s never too late to speak your truth,” District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. “I am proud of him, and of our prosecution team, who persevered to hold this defendant accountable for his heinous crimes. He will certainly pay a price.”
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