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The child is now under the care of state child protective services, and no-contact orders have been issued between the couple and the minor.

A Lincoln County man is behind bars facing sex crimes charges involving a young person.

A Twin Falls man is facing a preliminary hearing next week in 5th District Magistrate Court after being charged with two counts of lewd conduct with a child and sexual abuse of a child under 16.

A man from Burley has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for lewd conduct with a child. It was the second time 44-year-old David Leon Johnson was sentenced on the same two counts of felony lewd conduct for molesting a young girl in 2004.

A Rupert man who was convicted of child sex crimes three years ago will be getting a new trial for part of the original charges.  James Pepcorn Sr. is a former Cassia County teacher.