A Luverne man has pleaded guilty to a 2009 rape of a child in Opp.

Freddie O’Neal Takersley was arrested in 2010 raping and sodomizing a child and was held on a $100,000 bond. Takersley, represented by Corey Bryan, was among those entering pleas with the Covington County District Attorney’s Office in May. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison; however, he has applied for probation.

-The Andalusia Star-News