Indiana Man Gets 40 Years in 1-Year-Old Son’s Fatal Shooting

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana man was sentenced to 40 years in jail on baby neglect costs stemming from the capturing dying of his 1-year-old son by the boy’s 4-year-old sibling.

A St. Joseph County decide sentenced Avion Sexton Sr. to the utmost sentence Friday within the June 2020 dying of Javion Sexton, who the older sibling killed whereas enjoying unsupervised with a gun.

A jury had convicted Sexton, 24, in April on a felony rely of neglect of a dependent leading to dying and a number of other drug dealing and possession costs, the South Bend Tribune reported.

Superior Court docket Decide Elizabeth Hurley stated in sentencing Sexton that he deserved the utmost sentence for creating an “egregious” atmosphere by leaving weapons and fentanyl inside attain of his youngsters in a South Bend residence.

“Your baby who pulled the set off has to dwell with that with the remainder of his life,” Hurley stated. “To dwell with that, I might assume, makes these info and circumstances even that rather more egregious.”

The decide additionally sentenced Sexton to 25 years for his drug dealing convictions, though that sentence will run concurrent together with his baby neglect sentence.

The boy’s mom, Eboni Hosea, was indicted on prison costs, together with baby neglect leading to dying and drug possession. She has entered right into a plea settlement with prosecutors and shall be sentenced later this month.

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