{"id":16280,"date":"2025-08-19T16:25:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T21:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=16280"},"modified":"2025-08-19T16:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T21:26:40","slug":"local-man-sentenced-to-total-of-20-years-in-prison-for-aggravated-criminal-sexual-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/16280-local-man-sentenced-to-total-of-20-years-in-prison-for-aggravated-criminal-sexual-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Man Sentenced to Total of 20 Years in Prison for Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>A local man has been sentenced to a total of 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p>44-year-old Jason W. Jones of Effingham was arrested in December of 2023. Jones was arrested by Effingham City Police in late November 2023 after a report of an alleged sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Jones was earlier charged with Class X felony counts of predatory criminal sexual assault to a child. Those counts were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.<\/p>\n<p>City police discovered multiple reported victims during the initial investigation and continued exploring those leads throughout the case.<\/p>\n<p>Retired City Police Chief Jason McFarland said at the time of Jones&#8217; arrest, &#8220;I want to commend our department and officers working on this case. These are never easy cases for the victims, our community, or the investigating officers. 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