(La Porte County, IN) - Sentencing is scheduled next month for a Wanatah man who pleaded guilty to child molesting.

Zachary Riley, 31, entered into a plea agreement in La Porte Circuit Court last week. Under the terms, he would receive no more than a nine year sentence on Level 3 felony child molesting.

A hearing is scheduled May 23 for attorneys on both sides of the case to argue sentencing before Judge Julianne Havens, if she accepts the terms of the guilty plea.

According to court documents, Riley was arrested on allegations involving a five year old boy in 2023. The boy told investigators the acts occurred on more than one occasion.