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Lebanon man gets nearly 90 years for sex abuse of minor

A 59-year-old Lebanon man was sentenced on April 7 to nearly 90 years in prison after being convicted on multiple charges of sexual abuse of a minor.

Wesley Clarence Wright was charged last year with five counts of first-degree sexual abuse, five counts of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration, first-degree sodomy and first-degree rape.

All charges indicated the abuse took place over the course of five years with the same female under the age of 12.

He was found guilty by the court on all charges and sentenced to 1,075 mont...