A Salem man will serve up to 23 months in jail and four additional years on probation for sexual assaults against two adult women and a juvenile.

Dylan Thomas McRoberts, 23, pleaded guilty Monday to lesser charges after prosecutors agreed to dismiss more serious rape counts after his victims objected to having to testify at his trial that was scheduled to begin this week.

“They didn’t want to testify in this case and wanted closure. They wanted to make sure he’s a lifetime registrant (as a sex offender),” said Assistant District Attorney Rebecca Calisti.

Police said McRoberts met to have sex with a 13-year-old girl at his home in 2017 and told her he was just 16 at the time. Police said McRoberts was actually 20 and charged him with statutory sexual assault and other related offenses because his victim was a juvenile.

In a separate case, two women told police they were raped by McRoberts in August 2018 during a party at his home. According to court records, the women claimed they were drunk and were sexually assaulted by McRoberts in a shower and later, while still heavily intoxicated, were raped in his bedroom.

Police said McRoberts initially denied the allegations. In court on Monday, McRoberts told the judge it was in his best interest to plead guilty to the lesser charges.

Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Mears sentenced McRoberts to serve 6 to 23 months in jail for the incident involving the juvenile. McRoberts was ordered to report to the county prison on Nov. 1 to begin his sentence.

The judge also sentenced McRoberts to serve four additional years on probation for the assaults against the two adult women.

In both cases, McRoberts will have a lifetime requirement to register as a sex offender.

Calisti said McRoberts, who had no prior criminal record, could have faced more than 9 years in prison if convicted of the more serious rape offenses.

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