FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) – A 39-year-old Fort Wayne man was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison for child molesting after accepting a plea deal in the case last month.
Joseph Offerle was charged with three counts of child molesting last year, which carry a potential sentence of more than 90 years in prison. The agreement offered to him called for the higher-level child molesting charges and an additional felony charge to be dismissed in exchange for his pleading guilty to two lower-level child molesting charges.
The plea agreement outlined the 12-year sentence…