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Lenoir man sentenced to life in prison for sex crimes against a child

BURKE COUNTY, NC (December 15, 2016)…A Burke County jury needed approximately 40 minutes to find a convicted sex offender guilty of sex crimes against a child victim on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016.

Kurt Allen Corey, 45, of Lenoir, was sentenced to life in prison without parole after the jury rendered its verdict on charges of sexual offense with a child by an adult and indecent liberties with a child to wrap up a four-day trial in Burke County Superior Court.

The Honorable W. Robert Bell, Superior Court Judge from Mecklenburg County, imposed the sentence for Corey, who will be placed in custody of the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections.

The female victim was 10 years old at the time the offenses occurred in 2013, and Judge Bell found that the defendant took advantage of his position of trust and responsibility when engaging in such sexual behavior with the girl.

Corey also was convicted of sexual offenses in Michigan in January 2000.

Isaac Propst led the investigation for the Burke County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from Det. Shelly Hartley of the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office and the Robin’s Nest Child Advocacy Center in Lenoir. David Swanson prosecuted the case for the District Attorney’s Office.

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