Indiana Teen Sentenced to Decades in Prison for Raping 7-Year-Old on School Bus

16-year-old gets 54 years in prison for assault of nonverbal child on bus

A 16-year-old, Landon Doty, of North Vernon, Indiana, was sentenced Aug. 24, 2026, to 54 years in prison for the 2025 sexual assault of a nonverbal 7-year-old on a Jennings County School Corp. bus.

16-year-old Landon Doty sentenced

Landon Doty, the 16-year-old Jennings County boy that was found guilty for 11 felony charges including rape, child molesting, and sexual battery was sentenced Monday morning to 50.5 years in prison along with 3.5 years of probation. The sentence included…

Indiana teen sentenced for rape of 7-year-old on school bus

Officials first became aware of the assaults after a bus monitor reported seeing Landon Doty push the child from his lap.

Southern Indiana teen sentenced for raping nonverbal 7-year-old on bus

A southern Indiana teenager who raped and molested a nonverbal 7-year-old on a school bus has been sentenced to more than half a century behind bars.

Indiana teen sentenced to decades in prison for raping 7-year-old on school bus

Landon Doty, 16, of North Vernon, was tried as an adult after being accused of raping an autistic, non-verbal 7-year-old student on a school bus over the course of several weeks in April 2025.

Jennings County teen sentenced to 54 years in prison for rape