The new charge does not specify the age of the victim and carries a shorter potential sentence. He could receive up to 11 years in prison at sentencing April 30. The original charge carried a possible life sentence.
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Judge Jeannine Pratt found Cost guilty and ordered a pre-sentence investigation.
He will be classified as a Tier III sex offender at sentencing. The designation will require him to register his address at the sheriff’s office in the county where he lives every 90 days for the rest of his life after prison release.
Cost remains in the county jail on $250,000 bail.
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