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Burlington County Man, 62, Gets 20 Years In State Prison For 'Despicable' Sex Attacks On Girl
A 62-year-old man from Bass River Township was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in state prison, without parole, for sexually assaulting an underage girl, authorities said.
Joseph Kaelin pleaded guilty in February to sexual attacks on the girl for multiple years, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said.
The minor told her family about the recurring abuse and Kaelin was arrested in June 2019, Coffina said.
Kaelin's plea to first-degree aggravated sexual assault, before Judge Terrence R. Cook, included an agreement that Kaelin must serve the full 20-year prison sentence, Coffina …