Porter County child molester predicted his fate, records show
VALPARAISO — Turns out Chesterton resident Brian Hill was correct when he told a young family he was molesting that if the child told anyone, he would "go to jail for a long time."
The 38-year-old was sentenced this week to the maximum 10 years behind bars allowed for by his plea agreement.
Brian Lee Hill
Porter Superior Court Judge Mike Fish cited Hill's position of control over the child, the "significant" harm suffered by the victim and their family relationship.
Hill will be required to register as a sexually violent predator upon his release from prison and undergo sex offender treatment, according to the sentence.
Hill pleaded guilty in December to molesting the child.
"We understand the anxiety and concern that such incidents can evoke," officials said.
He had faced multiple charges including child molesting, incest and vicarious sexual gratification, but all but one count was dropped as part of the plea agreement he struck with prosecutors.
In the case, which was filed in April 2021, it was said the child was unsure at first what Hill meant when he asked the child to "help him with something."
What followed was four weekly incidents of sexual abuse beginning near the start of the school year in 2019, according to charging information.
He reportedly told police the box contained "carts," which is slang for vape cartridges.
"Brian then told (the child) not to tell anyone or he would go to jail for a long time," according to a police description of the first incident of the alleged abuse.
The first incident occurred in a garage, and Hill then asked again a week later "if (the child) could help him with something," court records state. The child "knew what that meant since he had asked (the child) this way before."
