Man who grabbed girl’s backside sentenced to jail

A Kettering man convicted of sexual imposition and disorderly conduct for grabbing a girl’s backside was sentenced to 60 days in jail Wednesday.

Barry O’Neal, 51, pleaded guilty to the charges earlier this month.

He also was sentenced to a treatment program and ordered to stay away from underage people. He was classified as a Tier I sex offender, which means he must register his address every year for 15 years.

O’Neal was arrested by Kettering police Oct. 28 after he followed two 13-year-old girls into a Wilmington Pike Speedway store. When the girls went to pay for items at the counter, he grabbed the victim’s backside, according to court documents.

O’Neal cornered the same girl by an ATM and grabbed her again. He fled the store after the girls yelled at him, according to police.

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