John Finney of Roland, 24, pleaded guilty to charges of rape by instrumentation and sexual battery in connection with the sexual assault of two teenage girls while he was visiting with the family of one of the girls.
Finney was sentenced to two 10-year prison terms, to run concurrently, with the balance of his sentences to be suspended upon successful completion of a sex offender treatment program. Gray said when Finney is released from prison he will be required to register as a sex offender.
Finney has been held in the Sequoyah County Jail in Sallisaw since his July 2005 arrest.
According to court records, one of the victims in the case, a 16-year-old, told police that Finney was her father's friend and was staying in her home on July 2, 2005, when the incident occurred. The victim told police that Finney came into her bedroom while she and two of her friends were getting ready to go to sleep and refused to leave when asked. The victim told police that she and her friends went to sleep, and she woke up to find Finney touching her inappropriately.
The girl kicked Finney away from her and eventually left the home with one of her friends and went to a next door neighbor's home to wait for Finney to leave. The victim's friend who left the home with the victim told police that Finney also touched her inappropriately
In a separate case, Andrew Qualls, 33, pleaded guilty to charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and domestic abuse. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the assault charge and one-year in prison for the domestic abuse charge, to run concurrently. The balance of the Qualls' prison sentences will be suspended upon successful completion of a therapeutic drug program.
The charges stem from a Dec. 11 incident where Qualls injected a woman with a diabetic syringe that caused her to go into an insulin overdose. Qualls had been on probation for a prior offense at the time of the December incident.
