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A Connecticut man has been sentenced to five and a half years in state prison for raping a 14-year-old child in Gloversville last year, according to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.

Jason P. Callahan was sentenced June 15 in Fulton County Court after pleading guilty to second-degree rape, a violent felony. The sentence includes eight years post-release supervision and an order of protection.

According to a news release, the 43-year-old traveled from New Preston Marble Dale, Connecticut to Gloversville in July 2014 to have sex with the child. The two met online and developed a relationship over social media before arranging the meeting.

Callahan also previously pleaded guilty to disseminating child pornography and possessing child pornography in Schoharie County in a related investigation involving the same victim.

Callahan was arrested by New York State Police August 25.

“This individual crossed state lines and came to Gloversville for one purpose and one purpose only, to engage in illegal sexual conduct with a child of 14 years of age,” Fulton County District Attorney Louise K. Sira stated in the release. “The lengthy prison sentence demonstrates that as a community, we grow sick and tired of our children being victimized by adults that know better.”