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Church Elder Gets 15 Years For Sexually Assaulting Teen In Springfield: DA
Hampden County authorities said a level-3 registered sex offender who served as a church elder in the Springfield Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses was sentenced to 15 years behind bars for sexually abusing a then 13-year-old child. Jay Aaron Smith was convicted of four counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 by a jury, the Hampden County District Attorney's Office said. The judge also sentenced Smith to five years of probation when he's released from prison. Investigators believe Smith sexually abused a 13-year-old girl for months in late 2020 through …