Convicted Kansas City child molester sentenced to life in prison plus 15 years
A Kansas City man was sentenced to life in prison plus 15 years after he was convicted of molesting and sodomizing a 9-year-old.
A Jackson County jury in May convicted 45-year-old Mark A. Powell of first-degree child molestation and first-degree statutory sodomy. He was sentenced Wednesday by a Jackson County judge.
Powell was sentenced to life for statutory sodomy plus 15 years in prison for child molestation.
The sentences will run consecutively, Jackson County officials said.
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This story was originally published July 26, 2017 at 9:16 PM with the headline "Convicted Kansas City child molester sentenced to life in prison plus 15 years."