An Aledo man convicted of predatory criminal sexual assault has been sentenced to 75 years in prison.
48-year-old Michael Downey pleaded guilty to a Class X felony of predatory criminal sexual assault, two Class X felonies of predatory criminal sexual abuse, and four Class 1 felonies of criminal sexual abuse in June.
In Mercer County Circuit Court on Monday, Judge Matthew Durbin sentenced Downey to 25 years in prison on each of the Class X felony counts, which will be served consecutively. The Class 1 felony counts each carried a sentence of four years, which will be served concurrently with the other sentences in the case.
The conviction requires him to register as a sex offender for life.
Downey was arrested last December following an investigation by the Aledo Police Department. The case involved two underage children.