The son of a former woman representative from the Rift Valley could spend up to 24 years behind bars in the US after pleading guilty to a sexual offence.
Leonard Kiptoo Langat, who was a member of the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland recently pleaded guilty to indecent liberties with a minor.
He was sentenced to 12 to 24 years in prison for the sex crime.
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Kiptoo has also been dismissed from the force.
Police reports show that he raped a minor who is the sister to his elder brother's wife.
When contacted by the Star, the mother (name withheld) mentioned that she has not been in contact with her sons. Kiptoo was away from the academy on a holiday break when the incident occurred on December 30, 2017.
He is said to have entered the girl's room and engaged in an unwanted sexual activity the police noted.
A kin to the victim caught Langat in the child’s room, remarked Capt. John Tierney of the Concord Police Department.
Langat left North Carolina and returned to the academy after the ordeal forcing the police to put up a warrant for his arrest.
He was apprehended on January 9 and held without bond.
He was charged with first-degree forcible sexual offense and statutory rape of a person less than 15 years old.
The suspect was tried in the Cabarrus County Superior Court, where he pleaded guilty to indecent liberties with a minor.
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