WILKES-BARRE — A man from Lehigh County arrested in an undercover investigation for online solicitation of a child was recently sentenced in Luzerne County Court.
Judge David W. Lupas sentenced Brian Scott Sell, 59, of Slatington, to 18 months to five years in state prison, followed by three years of probation for criminal attempt to commit statutory sexual assault. Sell pleaded guilty to the charge on March 24.
Kingston Township police and the Wyoming Area Regional Police Department arrested Sell after a series of online communications where he planned to have sexual relations with a teenage girl, according to court records…