Iowa man gets 10-year sentence for sexual battery, domestic abuse
Published 9:05 am Tuesday, June 4, 2024
An Iowa, La,. man has been sentenced after being convicted of sexual battery and domestic abuse battery charges.
Jacob Micah Allen, 23, was sentenced to serve 10 years with the Louisiana Department of Corrections for the sexual battery conviction. The sentence is to be served without benefit of probation, parole or suspension.
Allen was also sentenced to serve 12 years with the Department of Corrections on the domestic abuse battery conviction, with the first three years to be served without benefit of probation, parole or suspension.
The sentences are to run concurrently, but will not run concurrently with any other sentence Allen is currently serving, according to the Jeff Davis Parish District Attorney’s Office.
Allen pled no contests to the charges in March.
As part of the sentencing, Allen must register as a sex offender for 15 years.
A permanent stay away order will also be put in place to protect the victim.
The case was investigated by Kyle Klein with the Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Assistant District Attorney Torrie Thibodeaux prosecuted the case against Allen.