Career criminal creep with 166 arrests, 55 convictions since 1999 sentenced to life in prison
Joshua Cory Nealy, a 41-year-old man from Oregon, was sentenced to life in prison due to his extensive criminal history. He had 166 arrests and 55 convictions, including multiple felonies, and was convicted for exposing himself to a store employee and a security officer. Despite his defense arguing for a compromised mental state, the court imposed the life sentence as mandated by state law for repeat sex offenders.
- ▪Nealy was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
- ▪He had a criminal record dating back to when he was 14 years old.
- ▪Nealy was already on parole at the time of his latest offense in January 2023.
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US News Career criminal creep with 166 arrests, 55 convictions since 1999 sentenced to life in prison By Caitlin McCormack Published May 17, 2026, 11:19 p.m. ET An Oregon creep with a record-setting rap sheet cataloguing a staggering 166 arrests dating back to his teens was finally sentenced to life in prison on Friday. Joshua Cory Nealy, 41, was slapped with the hefty life sentence without possibility for parole for a January 2023 arrest where he flashed a female clothing store employee and a security officer, according to a news release from the Washington County District Attorney’s Office. The misdemeanor charge, which would usually land first-time offenders behind bars for just one year, did him in after a whopping 55 prior convictions, including seven felony charges.
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