SEXUAL ABUSE PLEA Kanawha County Man Pleads Guilty To First-Degree Sexual Abuse
Reported by: Bob Aaron
Videographer: Bob Aaron
Web Producer: Jeff Morris
Reported: Jan. 7, 2013 10:20 AM EST
Updated: Jan. 7, 2013 12:23 PM EST
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Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
A Kanawha County man pleaded guilty Monday in Kanawha Circuit Court to first-degree sexual abuse for molesting a girl under 12 years of age.
Jeremy Lane, 31, faces one to five years when he is sentenced March 1. He must register as a sex offender. Psychiatric tests were ordered to determine his chance of being a repeat offender.
In the court proceedings Monday before Judge James Stucky, sign language was used because Lane is hearing impaired.
The crime happened between 2009 and 2011 in the Sissonville area and involved a 5-year-old child.
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