CROWN POINT, Ind. — A northwest Indiana teen was sentenced to six years in prison Friday for molesting a 12-year-old boy last year.
Vernon Sherrod Coy, 19, of Gary pleaded guilty on Jan. 5 to child molesting, according to a release from the Lake County (Ind.) Prosecutor’s office.
Along with the six-year prison sentence, he must serve four years probation and register as a sex offender.
On Jan. 15, 2009, the 12-year-old victim was changing clothes in his room with the door partially open, the release said. Coy entered the room and performed a sexual act on the boy.
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