LEBANON, Ind. (WISH) — A 24-year-old Indianapolis man was sentenced Wednesday in a Boone County court to 26 years in prison after a jury earlier found him guilty of two mid-level felony counts of rape of two juveniles, online records show.
Damian Hatton also was found guilty of two misdemeanor charges, battery, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Two low-level felony counts of sexual battery against Hatton were vacated. Judge Matthew Kincaid of Boone Superior Court 1 also required Hatton to register as a sexually violent predator for life.
A news release issued Thursday from the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office said the crimes happened during separate incidents in October and December 2024 in Lebanon…