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Published: March 25, 2009
Sex scandal earns decades for ex-sheriff Mike Burgess
FAIRVIEW — Former Custer County Sheriff Mike Burgess was sentenced Tuesday to 79 years in prison for an array of sexual abuses of female inmates and drug court participants in his charge.
Associate District Judge N. Vince Barefoot issued the decision, which essentially translates to a life sentence for the 56-year-old former lawman. A Major County jury found Burgess guilty on Jan. 17 of 13 felony charges rang...
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