A Hendersonville man convicted of sexually abusing multiple children over more than a decade has been sentenced to 438 years in prison.
Matthew Cody Ball, 36, was sentenced Tuesday by Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Nichols following a March jury conviction on charges including continuous sexual abuse of a child, nine counts of rape of a child, aggravated sexual battery, rape, and statutory rape by an authority figure.
Prosecutors said Ball’s crimes spanned roughly 13 years and occurred in multiple counties across Tennessee as well as in Texas. The case began in 2024 when a 10-year-old girl reported inappropriate touching to authorities…