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ST. GEORGE — A defendant with a long criminal history of sex crimes starting as a juvenile while living up north was sentenced on numerous charges, including rape and forcible sexual abuse, in three cases filed in Washington County.
Avery Jared Anderson, 21, appeared in court Thursday for sentencing on a second-degree felony sexual exploitation of a minor charge. The defendant also pleaded guilty to forcible sexual abuse, a charge that was reduced to a second-degree felony during a hearing held Feb. 23 before District Judge Keith C. Barnes.
In the third case, Anderson pleaded guilty to one third-degree felony count of aggravated assault-strangulation and one misdemeanor count of unlawful sexual activity with a minor. These charges were downgraded from a second-degree felony under the terms of the plea agreement.
Anderson entered into the agreement last month, three weeks prior to the cases going to trial.
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