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A Cumberland County man was sentenced Monday to four years in state prison after he admitted that he sexually assaulted a child over the course of three years, authorities said. Very few details about the case were released, but the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office said 60-year-old Bridgeton resident Phillip Weiss sexually abused the child multiple times between 2015 and 2018. Weiss was charged on June 15, 2020 with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. He pleaded guilty on Dec. 11, 2023 to third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact, the of…