(LaPorte, IN) - A man who molested a 10 year old LaPorte girl is going to be

locked up for a long time.

36-year old Joshua Morgan was sentenced yesterday.

He received a 36 year prison sentence.

LaPorte Circuit Court Judge Tom Alevizos was found Morgan

to be a restricted felon.

That means he will have to serve no less than 85 percent of his sentence.

Authorities say the Plymouth man was having sex with the girl while

seeing her mother.

He and the girl were also texting and talking to each other on Facebook.