Originally posted by Adam_PoE
A central Indiana county commissioner has pleaded guilty in a Nevada sexual assault case, days after being elected to his local County Council.John D. Jessup, Commissioner for Hancock County's District 1, pled guilty this week in a Las Vegas court to one count of attempted sexual assault. The plea deal lowered Jessup's charge from a Level A felony to a Level B felony which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. His attorneys are asking for probation. He is slated to be sentenced in April.
Last week, Jessup was elected to the Hancock County Council as one of three Republican candidates. Since convicted felons cannot serve in office in Indiana, Jessup will have to resign. "It's been my greatest honor serving the people of Hancock County and I'm deeply, deeply ashamed and profoundly sorry for the shame that I brought to the county," Jessup said in a statment.
Multiple witnesses reportedly told detectives that Jessup kept "feeding" the woman Long Island iced teas. The woman was reportedly so intoxicated that she needed a wheelchair to get to her room after arriving back at a hotel with Jessup.
A current central Indiana county commissioner has pleaded guilty in a Nevada sexual assault case, days after being elected to his local County Council.
One of Rachel Jessup's fondest childhood memories used to be going to the polls on Election Day with her dad, John Jessup. Rachel started going to the polls with Jessup, a current Hancock County Commissioner, when she was about the age of a kindergartener.
"'Please vote for my daddy' is what I used to say to voters," Rachel said. "I was a typical 5-year-old kid who idolized my dad, and as I got older, I always supported his political runs, because I was his go-to person going to the polls with him. I was a daddy's girl."
Rachel, now a 22-year-old college student, is trying to forget Jessup, a man she now calls "John" instead of "Dad." Rachel is Jessup's youngest biological daughter, and is the woman Jessup is accused of sexually assaulting during a drunken night in Las Vegas in late January.