Judge hands down 165-year sentence in child sex abuse case

The Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office says Cleophus Canton sexually abused four girls in the late 1990s through 2008

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — Thursday in Prince George’s County, a man was sentenced to 165 years behind bars after he was found guilty of sexually abusing young girls.

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Four victims, including some who lived with the suspect, Cleophus Canton, one of them his biological daughter, say they finally got the justice they waited so long for.

State’s Attorney Tara Jackson says the abuse started in the late 1990s and continued through 2008.

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