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Athens County Man Sentenced For Abusing Kids

An Athens County man will serve five years in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting children at daycare centers. 76-year-old Thomas Shifflet must also pay more than 6-thousand dollars restitution to the families of his victims. Shifflet was convicted last month of sexually assaulting several children at two daycare facilities in 2010 and 2011.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.