MUNCIE, Ind. – A self-proclaimed “monster among men,” convicted of sexually assaulting a 6-month-old Muncie girl, has apparently changed his mind about pursuing a new trial.

The manner in which 29-year-old Bryan Michael Strickler made that decision known has drawn some attention in the local court system.

“Y’all want to ---- me over in my case,” Strickler wrote in a letter recently received by Delaware Circuit Court 2 Judge Kimberly Dowling. “Then you know what? ---- each and every one of you.”

Strickler, from Ohio, was staying in Muncie in November 2011 when he and his then-girlfriend, Ashley L. Stapert sexually abused a friend’s infant daughter. The assault left the baby with a sexually transmitted disease.

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Strickler was sentenced to 100 years in prison by Dowling in December 2013, after being convicted of child molesting and attempted child molesting.

The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld his conviction in 2014, calling his conduct “undeniably outrageous.”

Last December, Strickler filed a petition for post-conviction relief, saying he had received inadequate legal representation.

He apparently wants that petition withdrawn based on his recent letter to the judge, writing “I don’t want to go back to court for nothing.”

“I did not give that lil’ girl STDs, so go ahead and cancel everything,” he added. “Please and thanks.”

Strickler offered a postscript to his message: “I’m the monster among men. I’m the big dog. I will destroy anyone who stands in my way.”

Strickler, incarcerated at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, has a projected release date in June 2079, when he would be 91.

Co-defendant Stapert pleaded guilty to two molesting charges stemming from the same incidents, and also received a 100-year prison term.

Contact news reporter Douglas Walker at (765) 213-5851. Follow him on Twitter: @DouglasWalkerSP.