Butler man caught assaulting teen to be paroled
A Butler man who pleaded guilty in April to indecent assault in connection with the sexual assault of a child will be paroled Thursday, after being sentenced Wednesday.
Paul A. Claypoole, 41, was sentenced to 11½ to 23½ months in Butler County Prison, given credit for 506 days time-served and ordered to register as a sex offender for 15 years.
President Judge Thomas Doerr, who handed down Claypoole's sentence, ordered that he be paroled Thursday, to give the county's probation office time to review a parole plan filed Wednesday by Claypoole's lawyer, Joseph Nash.
Nash on Wednesday told Doerr that Claypoole, who police say was caught April 3, 2017, assaulting a 15-year-old child in a home on Center Avenue, has “done a significant amount of time and we're ready to resolve this matter.”
Claypoole briefly spoke before Doerr Wednesday morning, saying “I'm sorry if you think I did something. God bless yins. That's it.”
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