A HAWKINS COUNTY TEEN HAS ADMITTED TO SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL. 19 YEAR OLD DANIEL ROBERT MCCLELLAN JR. PLED GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED RAPE OF A CHILD. A JUDGE ORDERED HIM TO SERVE 15 YEARS IN PRISON. THE CHILD REPORTEDLY TOLD AN ADULT ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND AN INVESTIGATION WAS STARTED BY THE HAWKINS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. MCCLELLAN WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE AFTER SERVING 30 PERCENT OF HIS 15 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE. MEANWHILE, THE BOY’S FATHER, 43 YEAR OLD DANIEL ROSS MCCLELLAN WILL GO TO TRIAL SOON FOR RAPE OF A CHILD AFTER A 16 YEAR OLD CAME FORWARD ALLEGING SHE WAS RAPED BY THE MAN 11 YEARS EARLIER. HIS JURY TRIAL IS SET FOR OCTOBER 23RD AFTER HE BACKED OUT OF A PLEA BACK IN FEBRUARY.