Matthew Roche was sentenced on Monday to a year and four months to two years and eight months in prison.

LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — A man from Carbondale has been sentenced after assaulting two children.

Police say Matthew Roche, 19, sexually assaulted a boy and a girl multiple times last summer in Lackawanna and Monroe counties.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent assault in December.

Roche was sentenced on Monday to a year and four months to two years and eight months in prison.