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Manhattan man sentenced to 4 years for child sex crimes

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By AJ Shaw on December 3, 2024 Local News, Manhattan, Riley County

A Manhattan man will serve four years in prison after his conviction for child sex crimes.

Riley County District Court Judge Grant Bannister on Monday sentenced 29-year-old Tristian Gooden-Heit for 15 counts of sexual exploitation of a child and single counts of a computer crime and interference with law enforcement by tampering with evidence.

The sentence also will require Gooden-Heit to register as a sex offender for the next 25 years.

The full story can be read at The Mercury.

 

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