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\"\"<\/a>Christopher Osborne, 26, a former firefighter and police officer, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Charleston, West Virginia, to 14 years in prison for sexual assault of a minor, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Osborne pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of a minor victim by forcibly raping her in a bunk room at the Danville Fire Department in Danville, West Virginia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to court documents, Osborne previously admitted that on or about Jan. 19, 2021, while he was an officer with the Marmet Police Department in Marmet, West Virginia, and a firefighter with both the Charleston Fire Department in Charleston, West Virginia, and the Danville Volunteer Fire Department, he used his position as a firefighter to forcibly sexually assault the victim. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Osborne admitt<\/span>ed that the victim told him that she did not want to have sex, but he held her down and sexually assaulted her anyway, causing her pain and injury<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis result i<\/span>s a testament to the courage of the victim who came forward to tell her story,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division. \u201cThe Department of Justice will continue to seek justice for such victims and to hold accountable perpetrators who abuse their authority to target the vulnerable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe significant sentence imposed illustrates our strong commitment to prosecuting individuals who use their official authority to commit violent sexual assaults against minors,\u201d said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Lisa G. Johnston for the Southern District of West Virginia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI Pittsburgh Field Division and its Charleston resident agency investigated this case.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0West Virginia State Police and the West Virginia Office of the State Fire Marshal. Trial Attorney Kathryn E. Gilbert of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division and Assistant U.S Attorneys Jennifer Herrald and Julie White for the Southern District of West Virginia prosecuted the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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