A 27-year-old Richmond man is facing a felony child molesting charge after he was accused of improper conduct with the 10-year-old daughter of a female acquaintance. Quevi Rodriguez was charged on Nov. 6 in Wayne Superior Court 2 with child molesting, a Level 4 felony.
The charge was detailed in a report from the Pal-Item, which identified Rodriguez as a Richmond man and said he is accused of improper conduct involving the 10-year-old daughter of a woman he knew. A Level 4 felony child molesting charge carries a potential sentence of up to 12 years in prison, according to the same report.
How Indiana's Sentencing Range Works
Indiana law sets a wide window for Level 4 felony convictions, and a past local case offers a sense of how that range has played out in Wayne County. In 2016, the Pal-Item reported that the sentence range for a Level 4 felony spans two to 12 years of incarceration, with a six-year advisory sentence serving as the typical benchmark judges start from.
That earlier case involved Dennis Robbins, then 62, who pleaded guilty to a Level 4 felony child molesting charge under a plea agreement filed June 13, the same Pal-Item report states. Robbins ultimately received six years of incarceration with two years suspended to probation. It's worth noting that this is a decade-old case involving a different defendant, and it does not indicate what outcome, if any, Rodriguez's case might reach.
Accusation Is Not a Determination of Guilt
As with any criminal charge, the filing against Rodriguez represents an accusation, not a finding of guilt. No plea, hearing, or further case developments have been reported.
Residents looking to track the case can consult Wayne County's own court-case search tools. According to the Wayne County, Indiana Government website, the public can search local cases through either the Doxpop Case Search or Odyssey's MyCase Search system. The Indiana Courts MyCase portal notes that electronic access to court information is restricted under federal and state law, as well as by court rules and orders, meaning not every detail of a case is necessarily available to the public online.
