CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : BAKERSFIELD : Molester Receives 30-Year Sentence
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A 63-year-old Mojave man who pleaded no contest to 50 felony counts of child molestation and a pornography charge was sentenced in Bakersfield to 30 years in prison. Kern County Superior Court Judge Clarence Westra Jr. said he accepted a plea bargain involving Robert Lee Crosswhite with the knowledge that because of Crosswhite’s age and health problems, he is unlikely to go free again. Crosswhite was accused of molesting six children, ages 8 to 13.
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