Delaino Franklin Thompson

A Lehigh man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison followed by five years of sex offender probation, for crimes against a child, according to a press release from the State Attorney’s Office.

Delaino Franklin Thompson, 39, is also now a registered sexual predator. According to the state attorney, Thompson was found guilty of two counts of familial or custodial sexual battery and two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation.

Assistant State Attorney Erin Hughes, of the State Attorney’s Office Special Victims Unit, prosecuted the case.

According to the state attorney, in March 2022, the victim contacted the Lee County Sheriff’s Office to report being sexually abused by Thompson. He was arrested after an investigation.