Kansas man whose case divided hometown pleads guilty
May 7, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2016, file photo, Jacob Ewing, is led out of the Jackson County Courthouse in Holton, Kan. Ewing has accepted a plea agreement expected to bring him 10 years in prison for two sexual assaults that divided his small northeast Kansas town. Ewing, of Holton, pleaded guilty Friday, May 7, 2021, to two counts of aggravated sexual battery. (Emily Deshazer/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2016, file photo, Jacob Ewing, is led out of the Jackson County Courthouse in Holton, Kan. Ewing has accepted a plea agreement expected to bring him 10 years in prison for two sexual assaults that divided his small northeast Kansas town. Ewing, of Holton, pleaded guilty Friday, May 7, 2021, to two counts of aggravated sexual battery. (Emily Deshazer/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, File)
Jackson County sex crimes defendant Jacob C. Ewing has accepted a plea agreement expected to bring him 10 years in prison for two sexual assaults, for which he was previously convicted but saw his convictions overturned upon appeal.
Ewing, 26, of Holton, pleaded guilty Friday in Jackson County District Court to two counts of aggravated sexual battery, said Jackson County Attorney Shawna Miller.
As part of the arrangement, both sides agreed to accept a sentence of 10 years incarceration in one case and two years, eight months, in the other, with both sentences running at the same time, Miller said in a news release.