Man to spend 20 years in prison for each child he sexually abused

Published 4:29 pm Tuesday, April 16, 2019

A Mississippi man is pleading guilty to sexually abusing two children.

WLOX-TV reports 43-year-old Jefferson Lee Jordon pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of sexual battery and three counts of touching of a child for lustful purposes.

Jordan was sentenced to serve 40 years in prison, without the possibility of parole.

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George County District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath says Jordon repeatedly abused two young girls.

Jordon was also fined $6,000 and will have to register as a sex offender upon release from prison.