KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison with no chance of parole after he pled guilty to two charges of continuous sexual abuse of a minor according to District Attorney Charme Allen's office.
Johnathan Townsend Sloane, 47, is expected to serve 20 years in the Tennessee Department of Correction without the possibility of parole. In October 2019, the Department of Children's Services received a complaint that Sloane was sexually abusing two minors.
An investigation by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office revealed that Sloane sexually abused the first child beginning at age eight and the second child beginning at age nine.
“We have a responsibility to support our most vulnerable victims and hold their abusers accountable,” said DA Charme Allen. “Thanks to the bravery of these children, the defendant will be off our streets for a long time to come.”