As per his plea deal, 20-year-old Andrew Jewell was sentenced last week to a maximum of 15 years in prison for his actions last August at Sandusky’s Hope Thrift Store.
Jewell was originally charged with attempted unlawful imprisonment, kidnapping/child enticement and assault/battery after trying to drag an 8-year-old girl into the bathroom of the local Hope Thrift Store in late August 2023.
About 10 months and several court proceedings later, Jewell pleaded guilty to a felony count of kidnapping-child enticement, with his plea deal dropping two other charges.
He was sentenced to a minimum of 70 months (almost six years) in prison, with credit for 292 days served, having spent about nine and a half months in the Sanilac County Jail during his court case.
