Altoona man gets 9-day sentence for sexually assaulting underage girl
Koch pleaded guilty in assault of underage girl, released on parole
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The city man charged with rape after assaulting an underage girl several times in March 2025 was sentenced to nine days to 23.5 months' incarceration at the Blair County Prison, to be followed by 10 years' probation.
William Allen Koch Jr., 48, appeared alongside assistant public defender Roland Leach for a plea hearing in front of President Judge Wade A. Kagarise on June 5. During the hearing, Koch pleaded guilty to a felony count of aggravated indecent assault and a misdemeanor count of indecent assault in exchange for the county prison sentence.
The remaining two felony counts of aggravated indecent assault, three felony counts of rape and misdemeanor count of indecent assault were then dismissed, court documents state.
Kagarise ordered him to serve nine days to 23.5 months at the misdemeanor count of indecent assault and 10 years' consecutive probation at the felony count of aggravated indecent assault.
Kagarise noted that "the defendant has satisfied his nine days and, therefore, shall commence his parole" effective June 5. He also ordered Koch to pay $400 in fines and $4,342 to the state police crime lab at Greensburg.
Koch will be required to register as a Tier III sex offender as a result of his plea, court documents state.
The case was brought against Koch in April 2025 after the victim talked about the assaults with a friend, who then contacted the Altoona Area School District. During the investigation, the victim told Altoona police that Koch raped her in the middle of the night, using a flashlight to find his way around her bedroom. In that case, the victim pretended to be asleep. The victim said she was frozen with fear and told a family member, who did not believe her, the police report states.
The victim told officers that Koch assaulted her two additional times, when she was exiting the bathroom and the third time when she was walking upstairs and he called her over to his room, the report states.
In an interview with police, Koch initially denied anything happened but eventually said he had sex with the victim.
When asked if the victim gave consent, Koch told police she did not verbally say yes, but he claimed he could tell she consented.
During the interview, Koch allegedly said he thought he was OK since she “never said no.”
The victim told police she never consented, was frozen in fear and did not know what to do after the assaults occurred. That’s when she told a friend at school and they contacted the appropriate people in the Altoona Area School District, the report states.
Mirror Staff Writer Rachel Foor-Musselman is at 814-946-7458.