A Florida man pleaded guilty to a charge that he traveled to Chester County to have sex with a young girl, only to find out it was a subterfuge by police. James Patrick Richards appeared before Chester County Common Pleas Court Judge Bret Binder and entered the plea to a single count of attempted involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, a felony. As part of a plea agreement, he was sentenced to 6½ to 13 years in state prison.
