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CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) — A southwestern Idaho man has been sentenced to at least 16 years in prison for abusing two children.
KIVI-TV (http://bit.ly/1OH0k24 ) reports that 3rd District Judge George Southworth sentenced Bryce Cody Transue, 31, of Caldwell, on Tuesday. He was charged with two felony counts of lewd conduct with a child under 16 and one felony count of sexual abuse of a minor under 16.
The judge also ordered Transue to register as a sex offender.
Canyon County Prosecutor Bryan Taylor says that the investigation began after an 11-year-old girl told her school counselor that Transue had sexually abused her and she thought she might be pregnant. Officials then determined that Transue had also sexually abused a six-year-old.
Southworth said Tuesday the case one of the worst sexual offenses he had overseen.
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Information from: KIVI-TV, http://www.scrippsmedia.com/kivitv
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