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Last updated on Sunday, July 8, 2018
(BEDFORD - A Bedford man was sentenced to 30-years last week for molesting two girls.
Lawrence Superior Court I Judge John Plummer III sentenced 24-year-old Cecil Fulford Jr., after he pleaded guilty to two counts of child molesting during a hearing Monday.
Judge Plummer handed down a 15-year sentence on each count and suspended two years to supervised probation.
According to Indiana State Police Sgt. Curt Durnil, troopers began their investigation after the Department of Child Services contacted them following a criminal complaint about Fulford.
"The investigation revealed probable cause to believe that Fulford had knowingly and intentionally performed sexual intercourse and other sexual conduct with two female children under the age of 14," Sgt. Durnill says.
Fulford was arrested in June 2017, after troopers says he had attempted sex acts on a 5-year-old girl on two different occasions.
The court documents say the girl suffered a vaginal injury and had to have a surgery to repair a laceration.
Fulford told police he tried sexual intercourse with the girl for about "five to eight seconds" before she told him it hurt, then he left.
A woman, who was baby-sitting the girl at the time, also told police the girl had blood running down her thighs and the child told her Fulford caused it.
A 4-year-old girl also told police Fulford molested her.
Fulford told police he picked the girl up and accidentally touched her under her nightgown, and said that it aroused him.
During the investigation, Fulford admitted to trooper he has an attraction to young female children.
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