RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) - A Wyoming woman has received a suspended prison sentenced for sexually abusing a minor.

The Rawlins Times reports (https://bit.ly/291aGcp ) that 20-year-old Candice Cortez was sentenced Monday to a suspended sentence of three to eight years. Cortez pleaded guilty in February.

According to court documents, a five-year-old boy that Cortez babysat for told investigators that Cortez touched him inappropriately in the shower on multiple occasions. The incidents occurred in 2015 and possibly 2014.

Cortez was pregnant when the charges against her were filed and asked the court if she could remain free to raise her daughter.

The judge told her that Cortez relationship with her probation officer would be critical to her future. She must also register as a sex offender.

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Information from: Rawlins (Wyo.) Daily Times, https://www.rawlinstimes.com

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