Sheriff Derrick Palmer says that Gary Lee Mitchell pled to one count of First Degree Sex Offense With a Child.
Mitchell was sentenced to an active sentence of no less than 240 months to 280 months and upon release register as a sex offender for life.
During the month of April 2014 allegations were made to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office that Mitchell had engaged in a sexual act with a child under 13 years of age.
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Mitchell was booked into the Cherokee County Detention Center on May 7, 2014 where he remained until he was transferred to the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections.