WJAC REPORTED THAT BRIAN CINKO FORMERLY OF JOHNSTOWN WAS SENTENCED TO 104.5-209 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR REPEATEDLY RAPING A CHILD. THE REPORT STATED THAT CINKO WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN LATE 2019 FOR ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTING THE 8 YEAR OLD CHILD OVER A 2 MONTH PERIOD. CINKO HAD PREVOUSLY SPENT MORE THAN 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE SAME CRIMES COMMITTED IN THE EARLY 90’S, AND WAS A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER. WITH HIS LATEST PRISON TERM, CINKO WAS LABLED A VIOLENT SEXUAL PREDATOR. BUT THE SENTENCE HANDED DOWN WILL MEAN THAT HE WILL NEVER BE RELEASED FROM PRISON. BLAIR COUNTY D.A. PETE WEEKS SAID THAT THIS CASE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR HARSHER SENTENCES FOR CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST CHILDREN.
