A Marietta man will spend decades in prison after pleading guilty to molesting a child he was entrusted to babysit, the Office of the District Attorney for the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit announced.
Jarrod Donte Luster, 39, pled guilty June 15 to two counts of child molestation. He was sentenced to 30 years, with the first 20 to be served in prison and the remainder on probation under sex offender special conditions. The case had been set for a jury trial this week.
The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office opened the investigation in November 2023 after a 14-year-old came forward and disclosed that Luster had touched him inappropriately when he was eight years old. Luster was a close family friend with frequent access to the child…