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Man Sentenced to 25 Years For Abusing Friend's Daughter
Comments 0 | Recommend 0COQUILLE -- A Coos County man who sexually abused a friend's daughter has been sentenced to 25 years in an Oregon penitentiary.
Richard Talbert of North Bend had pleaded guilty last month to unlawful sexual penetration.
This week's sentencing fell under Oregon's "Jessica's Law," which requires that a felony sex offense involving a child under 12 carry a 25-year minimum sentence.
North Bend police officers arrested the 24-year-old Talbert on July 14. Prosecutors say the abuse had gone on for at least a year.
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