{"id":105753,"date":"2021-05-05T16:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T20:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=105753"},"modified":"2026-01-04T17:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:01:44","slug":"brent-taylor-sentenced-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2021\/05\/05\/brent-taylor-sentenced-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Brent Taylor sentenced today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AC_Prosecuting_Attorney_seal_final.jpg\" alt=\"Allen County Prosecuting Attorney seal\" width=\"244\" height=\"244\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AC_Prosecuting_Attorney_seal_final.jpg 244w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AC_Prosecuting_Attorney_seal_final-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News release from the Allen County Prosecuting Attorney&#8217;s office announcing the sentence of Brent Taylor who was convicted at trial earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fort Wayne, Indiana (May 5, 2021) &#8211; On March 23, 2021, Brent Taylor was convicted at trial and sentenced today on Count 1 Child Molest as a Level 1 Felony, and Count 3 Criminal Confinement as a Level 5 Felony. He was sentenced to 40 years on the Level 1 Molest and 6 years on the Level 5 charge, for a total of 46 years. This conviction was due to the hard work of the Fort Wayne Police Department\u2019s Detectives Matt Cline and Delonzo Myles, and the Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys assigned to this case, Section Chief Tesa Helge and Chief Counsel Thomas Chaille.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\">Return to the AroundFortWayne home page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2009_05_09_header.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Police Memorial Service.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ef1c9ae43f1ea9bd1a0f0455a407aa54' data-image-id=\"1754\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2009_05_09_header.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2009_05_09_header.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/05\/09 - Police Memorial Service\" data-description=\"The Police Memorial Service.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/05\/09 - Police Memorial Service\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/05\/09 - Police Memorial Service\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1754\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2009_05_09_header.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090525\/90294.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Fort Wayne Police Department Honor Guard in the 2009 Parnell Avenue Memorial Day Parade on May 25, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ef1c9ae43f1ea9bd1a0f0455a407aa54' data-image-id=\"2028\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090525\/90294.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090525\/thumbs\/thumbs_90294.jpg\" data-title=\"Fort Wayne Police Department Honor Guard\" data-description=\"The Fort Wayne Police Department Honor Guard in the 2009 Parnell Avenue Memorial Day Parade on May 25, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Fort Wayne Police Department Honor Guard\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Fort Wayne Police Department Honor Guard\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2028\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090525\/thumbs\/thumbs_90294.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2006-trf\/13641.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Fort Wayne Police Department cars and motorcycles along with Allen County Sheriff&#039;s motorcycles lined up on Superior Street after the 2006 Three Rivers Festival Parade.  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