Franklin County, IN — A Brookville man who pleaded guilty to child molesting charges has been sentenced to 30 years in prison with six years suspended to probation.
Jesse Meckley will also have to register as a sexually violent predator upon his release from prison for the rest of his life.
He was handed that sentence by Judge Steven Cox in Franklin Circuit Court as part of a plea deal.
Meckley pleaded guilty last month to one count of Child Molesting and two counts of Sexual Misconduct with a Minor.
The remaining charges, including rape, were dropped in exchange for his guilty plea.
Meckley skipped town right before his trial was to start last year, and was on the run for several months before he was rounded up in Richmond in December.
