CASE UPDATE:  Commonwealth v Rodney Nissley:  The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld the conviction of Rodney Nissley.  In an unpublished opinion issued on October 9, 2015, the Superior Court affirmed Nissley's conviction and sentence.  Nissley appealed his conviction claiming the trial court improperly excluded certain evidence he sought to introduce during the trial.  The Superior Court agreed with Dauphin County Judge Andrew H. Dowling that the evidence Nissley sought to introduce at trial was inadmissible.  

Nissley was convicted by a Dauphin County jury in March of 2014.  Nissley was convicted of the following charges: Aggravated Indecent Assault of a Child less than 13; Aggravated Indecent Assault of a Child less than 16; Aggravated Indecent Assault without the consent of the victim; Aggravated Indecent Assault of a Victim less than 13 without the Victim's Consent; Indecent Assault of a Victim less than 13; Indecent Assault of a Victim less than 16; Indecent Assault without Consent; Indecent Exposure; Corruption of Minors and Unlawful Contact with a Minor.  

Nissley's victim, now a teenager testified at trial that Nissley molested her over a period of approximately 7 years.  During that time period the girl was between the ages of 7 to 14 years old.  She was 14 years old when she went into her school guidance counselor's office and reported the assaults. In August 2014, Judge Andrew Dowling  sentenced Rodney Nissley to 10 year to 20 years in state prison.  Judge Dowling also classified Nissley a Sexually Violent Predator under Pennsylvania's Megan's Law.  As a result, when Nissley is finally released from prison, authorities will notify local schools, daycare centers and his neighbors of his presence in the community.