Bloomington man jailed for molesting girl

A Monroe County court sentenced a Bloomington man on Wednesday to 30 years imprisonment for each of his five counts of child molestation committed against a 9-year-old girl last summer.

On Aug. 6, the mother of the victim told the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office that Matthew Lucas Major, 28, had sex with her daughter inside his vehicle within three weeks of that day, according to court documents.

The following day the victim was interviewed by a child advocacy center where she told forensic interviewers Major had sex with her on at least three occasions.

The incidents of child molestation occurred between May 1 and July 31, 2013, according to court documents.

The victim also told forensic interviewers that Major took photographs of her genitals with a cell phone and told her to “play” with herself while he was driving.

Major told her not to tell her mother because it was a secret, the victim told forensic interviewers.

Major has convictions for assault with a deadly weapon in Florida, committed against the mother.

Aug. 7, Major was arrested by authorities for child molestation, a class A felony.

On Feb. 21, a jury convicted Major on five counts of child molestation and on Wednesday, the Second Circuit Court sentenced him to serve his imprisonment sentence in the Indiana Department of Correction’s state prison.

Dennis Barbosa