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There are currently 68 registered sex offenders living within the Mitchell city limits, 12 of whom have been on the registry for more than 25 years.
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At least nine involved in case of teenager who lied about age
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A Mitchell man was sentenced Tuesday to 15 days in jail for fourth-degree rape, making him the ninth person in the past 14 months to be sentenced for an offense involving the same victim.
Trevor Clark, 26, was granted a suspended imposition of sentence and ordered to serve 15 days in jail.
While The Daily Republic found nine criminal cases linked to the same boy through a search of Davison County court documents, Judge Chris Giles has indicated at multiple hearings that upwards of 20 people were investigated in connection with the now-17-year-old victim, identified in documents only as C.L.W.
Seven men arrested in August for sex crimes against minors
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Two brothers were indicted on Aug. 16 for the alleged sexual assault of a 9-year-old girl in August 2017 in Wagner.
While their charges are some of the most serious in the region recently, the brothers represent two of the seven total men arrested for sexual offenses against minors in The Daily Republic’s coverage region in August.
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