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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Burkettsville resident Dwayne Lorton, at left, listens intently during his Monday afternoon sentencing in Mercer County Common Pleas Court. Lorton, who is shown with defense attorney William Kluge, received a 20-year prison sentence after pleading no contest to four counts of rape involving a girl under the age of 13.

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Burkettsville resident Dwayne E. Lorton showed no emotion Monday afternoon as Mercer County Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey Ingraham sentenced him to 20 years in prison on four counts of rape. All the incidents involved a girl under the age of 13. [More]
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