Molestation, Battery and Neglect Earns Local Man Enhanced
Penalty Under Law Change  By Jeff Neumeyer  August 17, 2012
Updated Aug 17, 2012 at 4:48 PM EST  Fort Wayne, Ind. (Indiana’s
NewsCenter) - A lengthy prison term is handed down to a man
convicted of heinous crimes involving his ex-girlfriend's two
small children.  A recent law change cracking down on child
molesters means Michael Combs will do even more time behind
bars.  The 27-year old Combs sobbed through much of Friday’s
hearing, in which he was sentenced for child neglect, battery,
and child molesting.  In 2010, Combs and his sister Anna Hogan
were left in charge of Shanna Vorndran's one and two-year old
sons, while she went to work.  Vorndran was Combs’ ex-girlfriend
at the time.  The one-year old ended up with a fractured leg,
while the two-year old had 70 bruises head to toe.  Hogan
testified at Combs’ trial that she walked in and witnessed Combs
performing a sex act on the older child.  Since 2008, offenders
in three kinds of child molesting ca