FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ill. (WJPF) – A Franklin County man has been sentenced for sexual assault of a child.

73 year old Douglas Carpenter of Christopher was sentenced on Thursday, January 18, to 41 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child.

Carpenter was found guilty in October of last year after evidence proved he had committed an act of sexual contact with a 10 year old family member in December of 2020.