Rodney Bass, 36, of Philadelphia (Credit: Bucks County DA)
A Philadelphia man was sentenced Tuesday to serve 6 to 12 years in state prison followed by decades of court-ordered supervision for the repeated sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in Quakertown.
Rodney Bass, 36, was sentenced Tuesday by Common Pleas Judge Charissa J. Liller, after pleading guilty in September 2025 to felony counts of statutory sexual assault and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 16.
In addition to the state prison sentence, Liller sentenced Bass to 28 years of probation, resulting in a 40-year period of total supervision, according to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office.
Felony charges of aggravated indecent assault of a victim under 16 and corruption of minors, and a misdemeanor charge of indecent assault, were withdrawn at a June 5 preliminary hearing.
Liller also ordered Bass to comply with Tier 3 Sex Offender, requiring him to register as a sex offender for his lifetime.
On Sept. 19, 2024, detectives at Quakertown Police were informed of an allegation of sexual assault occurring over an extended period of time at a borough home. Investigators interviewed the teenage victim at St. Luke’s Upper Bucks Hospital, police said.
During the interview, the victim told police she had been in a sexual relationship with an adult man for more than a year, identified as Bass, according to the complaint.
The victim told police the sex was consensual and occurred on multiple occasions, including two days prior to the police interview, police said.
The same day, at 10:08 p.m., police responded to a home in Hilltown Township and spoke to Bass, where it was determined he was 35 years old at the time of the alleged statutory sexual assault, detectives said.
During a hospital interview, the juvenile victim detailed multiple instances of sexual contact with Bass, authorities said.
This case was investigated by Quakertown Borough Police Detective Ryan Naugle and was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Gabriella Simonelli.
He had been jailed in Bucks County jail on 10% of $500,000 cash bail. He was represented by a public defender.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
