LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A just lately re-elected out-of-state county commissioner arrested in Las Vegas may get probation as a part of a plea deal on a sexual assault cost, information stated.
In June, John Jessup, 49, a Republican, was booked into the Clark County Detention Heart on a felony intercourse assault cost. Jessup, a county commissioner in Shirley County, Indiana — exterior of Indianapolis — allegedly assaulted a girl he knew after an evening out at a gentleman’s membership.
Jessup informed police there was “nothing criminal” about what he had finished and reiterated that it was only a “f***ed up, drunk night,” paperwork stated.
Data present Jessup agreed to plead responsible Thursday to a lesser cost of tried sexual assault, a felony. As a part of the deal, a decide may sentence him to a minimum of two years in jail or a time period of probation.
In accordance with 8 Information Now’s sister station, FOX59/CBS4, Jessup’s time period was scheduled to finish on Dec. 31. Nonetheless, voters elected Jessup to a county council place earlier this month. Jessup was elected as one in all three Republican candidates, receiving greater than 15,000 votes.
In accordance with Indiana state legislation, felons will not be eligible to carry workplace.
“Mr. Jessup decided to keep his name on the ballot after charges were filed,” Hancock County Republican Chair Janice Silvey stated in a press release. “He later verbally and by way of textual content dedicated to resigning if elected. Till the authorized course of concludes or he resigns, the social gathering has no additional function. Pursuant to Indiana Code 5-8-1-38, ought to Mr. Jessup be convicted of a felony offense, he’s ineligible to carry an workplace in Indiana. If Mr. Jessup resigns or a felony conviction happens, the social gathering would then have to name a caucus to fill his place.
Jessup’s sentencing was scheduled for April 24.
