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Cub Scout volunteer gets 20 years for sexually abusing child

Alabama Public Radio | By Associated Press

Published May 14, 2019 at 11:40 AM CDT

TRUSSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A Cub Scout volunteer has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting he sexually abused a child at a scouting event in Trussville, Alabama.

Al.com reports 23-year-old Justin Aaron Conn pleaded guilty on Monday to first-degree sodomy. An indictment accused him of sodomizing a 10-year-old boy and forcing him to perform oral sex during a June 2017 campout at a Methodist church facility.

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Information from: The Birmingham News, http://www.al.com/birminghamnews

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