Ex-fire chief sentenced to 10 years for repeated rape of Missouri teen
01/26/2020 11:16 am PST
via WDAF:
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (WDAF) -- Larry McConnell, 70, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday, Jan. 24, following his November convictions of three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy and one count of second-degree rape.
Investigators said that during his time as the chief, McConnell repeatedly raped a young woman at his farm and at the fire station. Court documents showed that the woman told investigators McConnell forced her to have sex with him for more than a year.
The victim testified during the trial that McConnell would perform sex acts on her on Wednesday nights when his wife was at church, according to a previous report.
Until his conviction, McConnell had been the chief of the Brookline Fire Department for 20 years.
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