A Lehighton man pleaded guilty on Thursday afternoon in Carbon County court to one count of indecent assault for incidents that occurred over a decade ago.

Joseph F. Curran II, 35,  entered his plea before Judge Steven R. Serfass. In exchange for the plea, two counts each of aggravated indecent assault, indecent exposure and indecent assault and one count of corruption of a minor were dropped.Curran was charged by Lehighton police Detective Scott Prebosnyak following an investigation.According to an affidavit of probable cause filed by Prebosnyak:On Dec. 10, 2015, police received two child line reports via fax regarding sexual assault. The listed victim was a minor at the time of the assaults, and there was another minor in another case. Both cases involved Curran.On Dec. 13, the first victim came into the police department to report that she was a victim of sexual assault.Her statement was taken by officer Joel Gulla, and she said at the time of the assaults she was between the ages of 5 and 7. She is currently 20 years old.The victim said that on multiple occasions, she was sexually assaulted by a relative, who was identified as Curran.The victim said she would regularly go over to Curran’s residence in the evening. When a female relative would leave the residence, Curran would take the victim to the basement and touch her inappropriately.On Dec. 16, Prebosnyak asked the victim to come into the police station so that he could interview her in depth, and found her story credible.In the agreement Curran admitted inappropriately touching the female. The plea agreement was actually reached at the preliminary hearing held in the matter.Because the charge falls under the provisions of Megan’s Law, Curran will have to be evaluated by the state sexual offenders assessment board to determine if he is a violent sexual predator.If it is determined that he is, then he must register for life as a sexual offender. If the report says he is not a violent predator, then the registration period is for 15 years.