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Monday, October 18, 2010
Ind. Courts - "Man sent to prison to keep him from girl"
Bob Kasarda of the NWI Times reported on Oct. 13th in a story that begins:
VALPARAISO | Porter Circuit Court Judge Mary Harper sent a 25-year-old Washington Township man to prison Monday, saying it was the only way she knew to keep him from continuing a sexual relationship with a girl who had been underage.Matthew Mills was sentenced to six years behind bars after pleading guilty to having a sexual relationship with the girl while she was 15 and just three months after being convicted of the same offense with the same girl.
Harper said the second round of the offense took place, at least in part, at the girl's home with the knowledge of the girl's parents.
"It's almost beyond belief to me her parents would let this happen," the judge said.
Defense attorney Ken Elwood said the girl's parents went so far as to provide rides and a cell phone to Mills to allow the relationship to continue following his first conviction.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 18, 2010 01:24 PM
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