Thursday, February 5, 2009

Ohio man gets 44 years for underwear ploy

A suburban Cincinnati man convicted of sexually touching children while claiming to be a market researcher who wanted to measure their underwear has been sentenced to 44 years in prison.

Prosecutors said the 44-year-old Hawkins targeted boys and girls between the ages of 9 and 16, and sometimes convinced parents to let him be alone with their kids.

They say he arranged to meet parents and children at schools, hospitals or their homes and told parents he needed to measure underwear for research.

Hawkins pleaded guilty in December to nine charges of importuning and three counts of gross sexual imposition.

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