A JONESBOROUGH MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A SIX YEAR OLD BOY ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASSIONS HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. 26 YEAR OLD LUCAS HESTER PLED GUILTY TO TWO COUNTS OF RAPE OF A CHILD AND ONE COUNT OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY. JUDGE LYNN BROWN ORDERED HESTER TO SPEND 15 YEARS WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF EARLY RELEASE. IF HE HAD GONE TO TRIAL AND BEEN CONVICTED, HE FACED UP TO 62 YEARS AT 100 PERCENT.