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CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids man convicted of sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Daryl Bentley pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree sexual abuse in a plea agreement. He was originally charged with second-degree sexual abuse.
Bentley, 26, was accused of sexually abusing the girl on June 17. Assistant Linn County Attorney Jason Besler says the girl was left in the care of Bentley's girlfriend, but Bentley was alone with the girl for a brief time.
According to Besler, family members of the victim were in favor of the plea agreement.
Bentley is the nephew of Roger Bentley, who is serving a life sentence for the 2005 kidnapping and murder of 10-year-old Jetseta Gage. Another uncle, James Bentley, is serving a 100-year prison sentence for taking pornographic pictures and abusing Gage. — AP
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