{"id":185502,"date":"2026-05-06T17:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/185502\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T17:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:37:10","slug":"bethlehem-man-sentenced-in-child-rape-case-lehigh-valley-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/185502\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethlehem man sentenced in child rape case \u2013 Lehigh Valley Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published May 06. 2026 12:44PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan has announced Ronald Haberstumpf, 79, of Bethlehem, was sentenced to a state prison sentence on various charges for sexually assaulting a minor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The offenses happened between 2013 and 2017 at a home in Bethlehem (Lehigh County). The victim was between the ages of 4 and 8 at the time and was known to the defendant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The charges include Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse with a Child, Aggravated Indecent Assault of a Child, Unlawful Contact with a Minor \u2013 Sexual Offenses, Indecent Assault of a Person Less than 13 Years of Age, Corruption of Minors \u2013 Defendant Age 18 or Above and Endangering the Welfare of Children \u2013 Parent\/Guardian\/Other Commits Offense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Haberstumpf was sentenced to 21 to 47 years in a hearing before Judge James T. Anthony. Haberstumpf will also be required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act and was classified as a Sexually Violent Predator. Under the sentence imposed, the 79-year-old Haberstumpf will be 99 years old when he becomes eligible for parole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">This case was investigated by Bethlehem Police Department Detective Pete Labiak and was prosecuted by Chief Deputy District Attorney Sara A. Moyer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published May 06. 2026 12:44PM CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan has announced Ronald Haberstumpf, 79, of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-185502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}