A Hampton man was sentenced to 60 years with the first 30 to serve in prison, and will spend the rest of his life as  a registered sex offender, after being convicted February 14 of four counts of child molestation and one count of invasion of privacy.

  A Henry County jury returned the guilty verdict against Brandon Rogers, 35, and he was sentenced by Henry County Superior Court Judge John A. “Trea” Pipkin.

  Jurors found Rogers guilty of molesting a female family member when she was 9 years old inside a Hampton home. Rogers also set up a cell phone in a bathroom to record the girl getting into the shower when she was 15 years old, according to the Henry County District Attorney’s Office.

  While testifying, the child described Rogers as a “monster in the bed” who touched her under the covers.

  Rogers previously served as youth minister at The Chapel in Jonesboro, according to his pastor who testified during the trial.

  The case was prosecuted by the Crimes Against Children and Domestic Violence Unit, which District Attorney Darius Pattillo launched in 2017.

  In a separate case, a Henry County grand jury indicted a skating rink disc jockey February 13 on charges of sexual abuse on children.

  The charges against Malcolm Jamal Rhodes, 24, include five counts of child molestation, two counts of sexual battery against a child under the age of 16, and one count of enticing a child for indecent purposes. The acts occurred in 2018 and 2019.

  Rhodes remains held at the Henry County jail.