NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- Former Child Protective Services caseworker Cory Heinzman could face more than 190 years in prison after being found guilty of 17 sex-related charges.
A jury took about 131/2 hours to decide each of the 21 counts with which Heinzman, 38, had been charged, delivering their decision at 3 a.m. Wednesday in Hamilton Superior Court.
The 12 jurors found him not guilty of four counts.
In 2005, two teenage boys accused the Arcadia man of sexual misconduct. The parents of the two boys were in the courtroom when the verdict was read, but the boys, now 18 and 16, were not. Heinzman's family and supporters also gathered there.
..The 17 charges are: two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor, each a Class D felony; three counts of child molestation, each a Class A felony; two counts of Class C felony child molestation; one count of corrupt business influence, a Class C felony; one count of sexual performance in the presence of a minor, a Class D felony; and eight counts of official misconduct, each a Class A misdemeanor.
Heinzman was found not guilty of one count of child molestation, a Class A felony; one count of sexual misconduct with a minor, a Class A felony; and two counts of official misconduct, both Class A misdemeanors..
..Under state law, the sentence could be 20 to 50 years for each Class A felony, two to eight years for each Class C felony, six months to three years for each Class D felony and up to one year for each Class A misdemeanor..
