Friday, April 03, 2009

MORRISTOWN: Calling Timothy Iberer a "vile and despicable sexual predator," Morris County Prosecutor Robert A. Bianchi today applauded the 17-and-1/2 year prison sentence a judge ordered the man to serve for a crime that unnerved Pequannock in 2007.

An admitted sex offender, Iberer, 28, of Bloomingdale, snuck into a 5-year-old Pequannock girl's bedroom at least twice and molested her in 2007.

Superior Court Judge Salem Ahto said he will serve a period of his time at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center for sex offenders in Avenel. He must serve 85 percent of his sentence before he is eligible for parole.

"You are the very definition of pedophile," Ahto told him.

The victim's father, addressing the court before Iberer was sentenced, told Iberer, "You scared and tortured my family," and said he will be waiting for him when he gets out "if you need a ride home that day."

Iberer also is subject to the No Early Release Act, Megan's Law and Parole Supervision for Life.

Iberer, a former pizza deliveryman who did not know the family or child, pleaded guilty on Jan. 23 to burglary, sexual assault and attempted aggravated sexual assault, telling the court that between Aug. 1 and Sept. 9, 2007, he broke into the Pequannock home to commit a theft. He cut the corners of a first-floor window screen and realized he gained access to girl's bedroom. He had targeted the house at random.

Iberer admitted that he sexually touched the child, who later told her parents "the doctor" had come into her bedroom and touched her.

The final incident was in September, when he was discovered by the girl's mother and jumped out the window and fled.

The girl told police a man had been in her room at least twice before that night. The girl said he shined a flashlight in her eyes and touched her.

Iberer was arrested Sept. 21, 2007, in Bloomingdale, where he lived with his brother. Since his arrest, Iberer has remained at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center for sex offenders in Avenel.

Bianchi noted, "I applaud the dedicated detective work by our investigators and assistant prosecutors and Pequannock police detectives. They worked around the clock for weeks to solve this vile crime. I want to give special credit to Detective Sgt. Robert McDermott who developed the profile of this suspect and Assistant Prosecutor Meg Rodriguez who tirelessly pursued justice for this family in court."

His arrest was his second for child sex assault charges following his April 2002 arrest for fondling his girlfriend's 8-year-old daughter in Clifton, and the abuse occurred a couple of times until the little girl told her aunt, according to Passaic County authorities.

Iberer pleaded guilty to sexual assault and was sentenced in January 2003 to four years in prison. He served most of the sentence in the Avenel facility, and was released in June 2006, according to records.

This story was filed April 3, 2009. Media Agent Bill Swayze may be reached at 973-285-6200.