Matthew Mears
A 20-year-old man accused of having inappropriate sexual relations with a juvenile female up to 12 times appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.
Matthew Mears, who was charged with sexual indecency with a child and second-degree sexual assault, entered a guilty plea to his charges and was sentenced to five years in prison.
In late March last year, a woman came to the Gassville Police Department with Mears. He is reported to have confessed to having inappropriate sexual contact with the juvenile,
During the investigation, Mears gave two statements in which he is said to have provided graphic details as to what occurred.
He had originally confessed that the sexual contact took place on only two occasions. He later revised the count to 10-to-12-times.
The juvenile female was reported to have been 12-years-old when the first encounter took place and the activity continued until after she had turned 13.
According to the probable cause affidavit, at the time of the incidents, Mears was set to become part of a blended family that also included the juvenile female.
Mears has been an inmate in the Baxter County jail since he was initially arrested in late May 2020.
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