LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A Lexington man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the death of a 4-month-old in 2018.
32-year-old Brent Kelty was sentenced Thursday morning to 16 years in prison for a manslaughter charged and received nine years for probation violation, all to run consecutively.
He is parole eligible in 13 years.
Kelty was initially charged with murder and being a persistent felony offender for the death of 4-month-old Landon Mayes, who died of head trauma, according to Kelty's indictment.
Kelty pleaded guilty to lesser charges of first-degree manslaughter as part of a plea deal in January, according to court documents. The persistent felony offender charge was dismissed.
He faces 16 years in prison for the manslaughter charge, according to court documents. As part of the plea deal, any sentence imposed in this case should run consecutively to any other felony sentences Kelty may have received for past crimes.
