Cuba man convicted of sex crime against a boy-gets sex offender probation

A Cuba man convicted of having sexual contact with a boy less then age 11 has been sentenced. 23-year old Wayne Mesler of Haskell Road pleaded guilty in Allegany County court to "course of sexual conduct against a child," a felony. The crime happened in Wellsville over an 18-month period beginning in 2007. Prosecutors said the assault happened for a period greater than three months. Judge Thomas Brown sentenced Mesler to ten years of strict sex offender probation and time served. He was also fined $1,000 and labeled a level three sex offender (the lowest level.)