Colorado Sex Offender to Be Released in 5197 after 3,180-year Sentence

Colorado Sex Offender to Be Released in 5197 after 3,180-year Sentence
Garland Root. Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Holly Kellum
Holly Kellum
Washington Correspondent
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A registered sex offender from Florence, Colorado, will spend the rest of his life in prison after a Fremont County judge sentenced him to 3,180 years in prison for multiple counts of sexual assault on a child.

Garland Root Sr., 65, pleaded guilty in July to 53 counts, including for sexual assault on a child by a person of trust, sexual assault on a child to form a pattern of abuse, sexual exploitation of a child, invasion of privacy for sexual gratification, and promotion of obscenity to a minor, according to The Canon City Daily Record.
Holly Kellum
Holly Kellum
Washington Correspondent
Holly Kellum is a Washington correspondent for NTD. She has worked for NTD on and off since 2012.
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