ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM/WHTC-AM/FM) – A Wyoming, Michigan man who pled no contest to 26 charges for sexually abusing a two-year-old girl he had been hired to babysit in Allegan has been sentenced to 37 ½ to 60 years in prison.
Gary Carlson also admitted to sending explicit messages and trying to groom her 14-year-old sister.
Police found several videos of the two-year-old being sexually abused when they searched his phone.
After the sentencing on Tuesday, July 23, Allegan County Prosecutor Myrene Koch was pleased with the sentenced handed down.
“An upward departure in the sentencing guidelines was justified due to the heinous nature of the defendant’s actions against young and vulnerable children, the sheer volume of acts committed including first degree criminal sexual conduct and aggravated child sexually abusive material, as well as his predatory conduct in specifically seeking employment as a caregiver to children. The victims and their family have a long road of healing ahead that hopefully can begin now that the criminal case has been completed.”- Myrene Koch
The sentence was handed down a year to the day of Carlson’s arrest.
-Gary Stevens of WHTC-AM/FM contributed to this report.
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