Bob Kasarda

VALPARAISO — A 34-year-old Valparaiso man was sentenced this week to 18 years behind bars after pleading guilty to a couple charges stemming from an October 2022 sexual assault carried out in the presence of the victim's young daughter, records show.

Matthew Allbritten, who has a lengthy criminal history, including a sexual battery case as a juvenile, was sentenced Tuesday by Porter Circuit Court Judge Rebecca Buitendorp.

Allbritten had earlier pleaded guilty to counts of criminal confinement and sexual battery in return for prosecutors dropping other charges, including rape, the court reported.

The victim told police at the time of the offense that she had her young daughter with her in a vehicle in Valparaiso when she was raped by a man she had approached and picked up to

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