WILKES-BARRE -- A volunteer firefighter was sentenced to prison time Tuesday morning for having sex with a teenage girl.
A judge sentenced Joshua Ralston, 20, of Dallas, to 11 and a half to 23 months behind bars for statutory sexual assault.
The judge says he felt a more serious sentence was necessary because Ralston showed little remorse, and these crimes have a lifelong impact on the victim.
The former Trucksville volunteer firefighter pleaded guilty in December to having sex with a 13-year-old girl in Luzerne County.