(La Porte, IN) - A sexual predator from La Porte could be going back to prison.  Kristopher Gliva, 33, is scheduled for sentencing after found guilty December 3 by a La Porte Circuit Court jury of level 6 felony sexual battery.

 

Gilva was convicted of groping a woman in 2018 at Walmart in La Porte. He could face up to 30 months in prison when sentenced by Judge Tom Alevizos on January 8.  According to court records, he’s still awaiting trial dates to be scheduled on four other cases where he allegedly groped women at Wal Mart, Kroger and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet in La Porte also in 2018.

 

In 2006, Gliva was given a 14 year prison sentence for crawling through an eight-year old girl’s bedroom window and carrying her out of the same window in La Porte.  According to police, he laid the girl on the ground in her back yard and removed her underpants.  Police said when a neighbor’s dog started barking, Gilva fled, but not before telling the girl he would return.

 

Detectives feverishly tried developing a suspect in that case.  Then while questioning Gliva about some property damage crimes 18 months later, he confessed to snatching the girl, according to court documents.

 

Gliva is currently being held in the La Porte County Jail without bond.