Article: Molester of girl gets 8-year term

The former owner of the Glen Ellyn Ice Skating School was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison for repeatedly molesting a girl during a two-year period, beginning when she was 8 years old. Ronald Schlabach, 37, tearfully apologized to the girl, now a teenager, before he was sentenced by DuPage County Judge George Bakalis. The girl was not a student at Schlabach's well-known ice skating school, authorities said, but was left in his care frequently. Schlabach, who was arrested last year, pleaded guilty in September to aggravated criminal sexual assault and faced a 6- to 30- year prison term. Prosecutors sought a 12-year term, saying Schlabach, of Glen Ellyn, abused a position of trust.

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