MILFORD, PA — Sean Franklin Brown, 41 of Bushkill, was sentenced to state prison for up to six years for assaulting his 14-year-old daughter.

According to Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin, on March 31 Brown shot his 14-year-old daughter 17 times with a BB gun. He did not provide her with any treatment for the wounds. When the child arrived at school following the weekend, she reported the assault to the school staff. The school nurse observed multiple small open wounds on the child’s body.

The Pennsylvania State Police traveled to Brown’s residence, where he initially denied shooting the child with the BB gun. Police were able to locate metal BBs throughout the child’s bedroom and located the BB gun concealed outside the home.

The child was immediately removed from Brown’s care and placed into protective custody by Pike County Children and Youth Services.

Brown is the first individual convicted in Pike County under the new law making it a crime to obstruct investigators conducting a child-abuse investigation. Tonkin said that his office is committed to pursuing prosecutions against individuals for this new crime, when evidence shows someone is deliberately acting to obstruct, interfere, impair or impede the investigation of child abuse.

Senior Deputy District Attorney Sarah Wilson prosecuted the case on behalf of the Commonwealth.

Following sentencing in Pike County, Brown was remanded to a state correctional facility to begin serving his prison sentence.