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April 15, 2005
Former detention officer sentenced in abuse case
April 15, 2005 [Associated Press]
ST. ANTHONY, Idaho A former employee of the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections will spend up to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse.
Wayne Potter got the sentence after pleading guilty to a pair of felonies in February.
Potter must serve at least three years in prison before he's eligible for probation.
A five-year-old girl and a ten-year-old girl had accused him of abusing them.
The 47-year-old had worked as a rehabilitation specialist at the state Juvenile Correction Center in Saint Anthony (in southeast Idaho) at the time of his arrest.
The girls weren't connected to the facility.
Posted by Nancy at April 15, 2005 12:57 AM