Posted on 01/25/2006 7:11:01 PM PST by txroadkill
FORT WORTH, Texas - A man convicted of abducting a girl as she walked to elementary school and molesting her must serve nearly 400 years in prison, a judge decided Wednesday.
Jeremiah Sexton, 23, of Springtown, must serve four sentences of 99 years each.
State District Judge Wayne Salvant, calling Sexton a "serial predator," ordered the sentences to be served consecutively, making the total 396 years behind bars.
A jury Tuesday convicted Sexton on three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and one count of aggravated kidnapping.
Sexton was arrested in February and accused of abducting and sexually assaulting a then-9-year-old Arlington girl, investigators said.
A police officer in nearby Grand Prairie had noticed suspicious activity in a car at an apartment complex.
Sexton was nabbed following a chase that ended when his car hit a van and a school bus, authorities said.
The abducted girl was found with Sexton.
A second Arlington girl testified Wednesday that she believed Sexton was the man who abducted and sexually assaulted her in September 2004 while she walked to elementary school.
Sexton, when 17, was convicted and placed on two years of probation for four counts of indecent liberties with a child in Sedgwick County, Kan., court records indicate.
Tarrant County sheriff's department spokesman Terry Grisham said Sexton, following sentencing, was evaluated by mental health officials and placed in protective custody on a suicide watch.
He won't last a month.
I'm betting he wished he was in Vermont.
I guess all the scumbag child molesters should move to Vermont.
He's about to get in touch with his feminine side.
Good for texas.
We can hope--I sure hate the thought of tax payers having to pay for the keep of this less than human piece of garbage.
Hey!
"I'm betting he wished he was in Vermont."
Or, Minnesota.
i LOVE texas and how it is so willing to stick up for its kids!! kudos to the judge!!!
Sorry, didn't know you were in that formerly fine state.
There is an inmate in Mass. who wants to share a cell with this guy.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1564839/posts
He'll be out before you know it. What is it, you're eligible for parole after serving half your sentence?
Oh please, let him do it and save us the expense of feeding him. Good job by the judge.
The 60+ victims should all be allowed to extract their own justice when they're grown up.
Note to Judge Cashman - this is how it's supposed to be done.
That's a wonderful idea. I vote "YES"
I'm thinking we should all send him a calendar.
And I'll send the Washington contingent too...
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