Man sentenced in sexual assault case

Five years supervised probation is what a Green River man received for sexual abuse charges.

Tommy R. Wheeler, entered an Alford plea in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery, which is a guilty plea of a defendant who proclaims he is innocent of the crime, but admits the prosecution has enough evidence to prove that he is guilty, to a felony charge of sexual abuse of a minor in the third degree and sexual battery, a misdemeanor.

Pursuant to a plea agreement, if Wheeler successfully completes his five years of supervised probation to the misdemeanor sexual battery charge and the f...