Billy Don Jones Jr., 21, of Cape Girardeau was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday for first-degree child molestation. Jones admitted abusing a 5-year-old child in fall 2007, according to Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle. Jones pleaded guilty to the class B felony.
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