PIQUA — A man accused of sexually assaulting a toddler in Piqua has pleaded guilty to felony charges.
Jesse Hartman, 34, entered into a plea agreement this week, pleading guilty to two counts of rape and one count of aggravated burglary.
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As part of the agreement, a third count of rape was dismissed, according to Miami County Common Pleas Court records filed Wednesday morning. He could face a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole.
Hartman will be sentenced on Nov. 17.
In June, a woman called 911 and said an unknown man was sexually assaulting her 3-year-old daughter in an upstairs bedroom of her home.
In a 911 call obtained through a public records request, the woman said she went to check on her daughter because she was supposed to be asleep, but she could hear her bed moving.
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“I don’t know how in the world he even got into my house,” the woman said.
She told dispatchers that she tried to chase the man down as he rode away on a bike.
An investigation led police to identify Hartman as a suspect. He was arrested roughly twelve hours after the sexual assault was reported.