DERIDDER, La. (KPLC) - A DeRidder man was found guilty of committing oral sexual battery against a child around 7 years old.

Jeremiah Arness Bailey, 25, was arrested in 2023 after the Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s Office investigated a report of abuse that happened in March. The victim was born in 2016, prosecutors said.

A jury found Bailey guilty of oral sexual battery of a person under 13 Thursday after 40 minutes of deliberation, prosecutors said. He faces a sentence of 25 to 99 years in prison.

Bailey has been jailed in Beauregard Parish since his arrest.

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