WL sex offender sentenced
38 year sentence for child molestation
Updated: Thursday, 19 Mar 2009, 10:31 AM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 18 Mar 2009, 10:04 PM EDT
A West Lafayette man is sentenced to 38 years in prison for molesting two young boys.
Matthew Paul Richardson, 33, pleaded guilty to two counts of child molesting.
Tippecanoe County Deputy Prosecutor Kristen McVey said the children were abused during a three year period starting in 2005.
The boys were ages six and ten.
McVey said when Richardson was interviewed by police, he admitted the molestation, but justified it by saying it was "consensual" and that "no one got hurt" because there was "no blood or bruising."
McVey said the judge found aggravating factors in the case, including the defendant had attempted to hire someone to kill the deputy prosecutor and two witnesses.
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