Feb. 14—ANDERSON — After pleading guilty, an Anderson man has been sentenced to five years on three felony counts for attempting to have sex with a 14-year-old girl.

Tyler Paul Wright, 38, 1200 block of West Eighth Street, was sentenced Wednesday by Madison Circuit Court Division 3 Judge Andrew Hopper to five years on charges of child solicitation, sexual battery and performing sexual conduct in the presence of a minor.

He was sentenced to three years at the Indiana Department of Corrections and two on probation. Judge Hopper also ordered Wright to register as a sex offender for 10 years. The state’s case was handled by deputy prosecutor Dan Kopp.

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