Chris Simcox, the former leader of the Minuteman border vigilante group, was sentenced to 19.5 years in prison Monday, bringing an end to a sex-abuse case involving two girls under 10.
A Maricopa County Superior Court jury found Simcox, 55, guilty last month of two counts of child molestation and one count of furnishing obscene material to a minor after a three-week trial. The jury composed of three women and nine men, found him not guilty on three other counts of sexual conduct with a minor — a charge that carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
Simcox was arrested in 2013 after two girls, ages 5 and 6, accused him of touching them inappropriately between 2012 and 2013.
Simcox was sentenced to two concurrent sentences of 17 years for each of the molestation counts and an additional 2.5-year sentence for furnishing obscene materials to a minor.
Why am I not surprised this happened in Maricopa County?
Or that this Simcox guy was once a favorite guest on the Sean Hannity Show?
Or that he was once a Republican candidate for the Senate?
Look I'm not suggesting that one HAS to be a child molester to run for the Senate as a Republican in Arizona, of appear on Sean Hannity, or live in Maricopa County, I am just pointing out that this child molester did all three.
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