VERNON PARISH, La. (KPLC) - A Leesville man agreed to be physically and chemically castrated as part of a plea deal.

Thomas Allen McCartney, 37, pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted first-degree rape of a child under the age of 13. As part of the plea deal, he also agreed to serve 40 years in state prison, according to the Vernon Parish District Attorney’s Office.

When McCartney was arrested in 2023, authorities said he had been caught sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl . He was already a Tier 3 sex offender in Louisiana, having been convicted of attempted aggravated rape in 2011.

He was arrested on one count of felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile in 2006 and on two counts of aggravated rape of a 12-year-old in 2010.

“This is a horrific crime that never should have happened. Thomas

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