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January 18, 2007
Child molester gets 70-year prison term
Topics: NewsVIERA - (AP) -- A former Brevard County teacher convicted of molesting a former student has been sentenced to 70 years in prison.
Daniel Cliatt, 30, faced up to 260 years in prison after rejecting a plea deal from prosecutors that would have set him free after 34 years in prison. He pleaded guilty in November to 13 counts of sexual battery and child molestation.
At the sentencing Tuesday, Cliatt apologized to the boy, now 14, and his family.
The boy's mother said she could not forgive Cliatt. ''I don't want his apology,'' she said. ``I want justice.''
Cliatt was arrested in April 2005 after another teacher at Endeavor Elementary School reported seeing the inappropriate encounter between Cliatt and the male student.
Posted by admin at January 18, 2007 8:01 AM
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