Former pastor sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexual assault
Published: Oct. 8, 2021 at 4:13 PM CDT|Updated: Dec. 18, 2024 at 10:08 PM CST
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - A former Craighead County pastor accused of sexual assault will spend the next decade behind bars.
On Monday, Dec. 16, Second Judicial Circuit Court Judge Scott Ellington sentenced 58-year-old Anthony Lee Strickland, of Bono, after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual assault.
In October 2021, Jonesboro police arrested Strickland on suspicion of rape and second-degree sexual assault.
According to court documents, the two victims claimed Strickland sexually assaulted them at his home.
Judge Ellington also ordered Strickland to register as a sex offender upon release.
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