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.
Evidence was recovered in February that Root had recorded his sexual encounters with the girl, and police uncovered other images and videos on a hard drive and flash drive of his of child pornography. Some appeared to be taken by Root and others appeared to be produced commercially.
Root had been convicted three times, including once in 1984 for “lewd and lascivious acts,” and admitted he had been to prison twice for a total of seven years for touching children younger than 14 years old.
On Monday, Dec.4, he also was sentenced to two years in jail for one of the counts, with 277 days credit for time he already served.
Several of the counts include 20 years of mandatory parole.
The long sentence means Root would be eligible for release starting in 5197.