A Minersville man was jailed Monday after being charged by Minersville police for sexually assaulting four boys over an eight-year period.

James L. O'Brien, 50, of 450 Sunbury St., was arrested by Minersville police Patrolman Richard C. Clink for the assaults at his home that began in 2006 and continued through September 2014.The first incidents started about Jan. 25, 2006, and continued until Jan. 25, 2012, Clink said.The assaults resulted in Clink charging O'Brien with one felony count each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and indecent assault as well as one misdemeanor count each of corruption of minors, indecent assault and indecent exposure.The assaults involved a boy who was 10 at the onset and continued until the child was 17, Clink said.The boy said he was subject to years of fondling by O'Brien as well as being exposed to sexual misconduct. Clink said the incidents escalated to the point O'Brien would show the boy pornographic materials, touch him when he was sleeping and also performing a lewd act on the boy.The second complaint stems from incidents that occurred between May 1, 2009, and Aug. 31, 2009, resulting in O'Brien being charged with one misdemeanor count each of indecent exposure and corruption of minors.Clink said that between those dates, a boy, who was 13 at the time, said he was sleeping at the O'Brien home on a couch when O'Brien "climbed" onto the couch with him.A third complaint involved a boy who was between 8 and 9 years old when the incidents began about Feb. 24, 2011, and continued through Nov. 30, 2014.Clink charged O'Brien with one felony count each of indecent assault and corruption of minors as well as a misdemeanor count of indecent exposure.The fourth set of charges involved incidents that occurred between Sept. 1 and Sept. 30, 2014 with a boy who was 13 at the time, and included one felony count each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, corruption of minors and indecent assault.O'Brien was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge David A. Plachko of Port Carbon, and committed to Schuylkill County Prison in lieu of a combined bail of 10 percent of $100,000.Plachko ordered bail at 10 percent of $25,000 on each of the complaints filed.He will now have to answer to all of the charges against him at preliminary hearings before Plachko in his Port Carbon courtroom.Distributed by Tribune Content Agency LLC