Fort Polk Man Sentenced for Abusive Sexual Contact with a Minor
| U.S. Attorney’s Office October 18, 2013 |
LAKE CHARLES, LA—United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Antwon M. Sewell, 20, of Fort Polk, Louisiana, was sentenced on October 3, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi to 15 months in prison with five years of supervised release for committing abusive sexual contact with two minors. Sewell pleaded guilty on June 13, 2013.
According to evidence presented in court, Sewell was at a party taking place at an unoccupied residence on the Fort Polk Military base on July 18, 2012. While at the party, he had sexual contact with a 13-year-old and a 14-year-old girl at different times that night. He admitted to providing alcohol to the minors attending the party.
The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command and the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel J. McCoy prosecuted the case.