(La Porte, IN) - A La Porte man will be spending a lot of time behind bars for child sex crimes.  Joseph Kuta was recently given a 30 year prison sentence in La Porte Circuit Court on four counts of child molesting and sexual misconduct with a minor.

According to court documents, Kuta committed sex acts with a girl who was 14 when police began investigating the allegations in March.  The activity between Kuta and the girl went on for more than a year.  The 55 year old Kuta was sentenced under terms of a plea agreement.

According to court documents, further raising the suspicions of investigators was Kuta apparently fearing he was about to be arrested telling co-workers at Four Winds Casino “I’m involved with a teenager” and “you’ll probably see it in the media.”