Seventy-one-year-old Garrett County resident John Charles Wallace was sentenced to 15 years in prison on a child abuse charge last week in Garrett County Circuit Court. He was also given an additional suspended sentence on a second count of a third-degree sex offense, which places him on probation for five years following his release. The victim in this case, now an adult, was able to deliver an emotional victim impact statement. The case was prosecuted by Assistant State’s Attorney Mary Burnell.