Kateland Gent, the 31-year-old woman arrested last June for molesting her stepsister when she was around 12, was sentenced this morning to two years in prison followed by 10 years on sex-offender probation and a lifetime designation as a sex offender.
The charge the State Attorney’s Office originally filed against Gent–lewd and lascivious molestation by an adult on a victim younger than 12–carried a penalty of up to life in prison. The State Attorney’s Office amended that filing, reducing the charge to a second-degree felony count punishable by a maximum of 15 years, placing the girl’s age above 12.
“This is a below guidelines resolution,” Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols said, referring to the state sentencing guidelines, which called for a harsher penalty…