A judge on Wednesday sentenced a 42-year-old man to state prison for 7 ½ to 20 years for soliciting sex from a teenage girl while he was in prison.

President Judge John C. Tylwalk sentenced Shayne J. Bechtel, formerly of Lebanon, for criminal solicitation, unlawful contact with a minor and endangering the welfare of a child.

Police charged Bechtel in connection with a 10-page letter that he wrote and telephone calls that he made to the 16-year-old girl while he was in prison on a parole violation during the summer of 2011.

Bechtel violated parole for using drugs, prosecutors said. He was on parole for theft and receiving stolen property, according to court records.

"I am disgusted with you," the victim's grandmother told Bechtel before he was sentenced. "You ruined her life."

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Bechtel's conduct came to light in late July after he arranged for a just-released county prison inmate to deliver the letter to the victim, the prosecutor said. The victim's grandmother opened the letter, read it and took it to the city police, Ryland-Tanner said.

She said Bechtel's letter described various sex acts he wanted to engage in with the girl and his desire to videotape them.

Investigators then listened to Bechtel's phone calls from prison to the girl, Ryland-Tanner said. One of the calls was 20 minutes long, and the content of it was sexually explicit, she said.

In addition to the prison sentence, Tylwalk ordered Bechtel to pay fines of $2,000.

The judge said an evaluation by the state sexual offender's assessment board determined that Bechtel met the criteria under the