Former Soldier Gets Prison for Sexual Contact With Child

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — An Illinois man has been sentenced to spend greater than 9 years in jail after he admitted having sexual contact with a toddler 15 years in the past when he was a soldier at Georgia’s Fort Stewart.

Clarence Michael Lynch of Highland, Illinois, was sentenced Thursday to serve 9 years and one month in jail adopted by 15 years of supervised launch and was ordered to pay a fantastic of $2,000. He had pleaded responsible to abusive sexual contact of a kid below 12. He was already a registered intercourse offender due to a earlier conviction, prosecutors mentioned.

“Justice for this sufferer was lengthy delayed, however finally not denied because the predator is now being held accountable for his vile actions,” U.S. Legal professional David Estes mentioned in a information launch.

Lynch, 43, was convicted in 2007 on state fees of sexual battery and false imprisonment with a 15-year-old sufferer and served 10 years in a Georgia state jail. He acquired a dishonorable discharge from the Military due to the conviction.

Three years after he was launched from state jail, a earlier sufferer contacted police in Belleville, Illinois, to report a number of contacts from Lynch. They included messages wherein he admitted sexually abusing the sufferer, who was 10 years outdated on the time, whereas he was stationed at Fort Stewart in 2006.

U.S. Military felony investigators questioned Lynch and arrested him in March 2021. He was returned to Georgia and pleaded responsible.

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