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BRIDGER MAN GETS 120 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEX CRIMES
October 24, 2019
Phoebe Tollefson
Billings Gazette
A Bridger man was sentenced to 120 years in prison on Wednesday after being convicted of sex crimes against two victims.
Gene Deveraux, 55, was sentenced to a net term of 120 years in Carbon County District Court on Wednesday, with a mandatory 25-year-parole restriction because one victim was younger than 13-years-old.
Judge Matthew Wald sentenced Deveraux on the six counts of sex crimes, including rape, after a jury convicted him in June.
Carbon County Attorney Alex Nixon had asked for a 150-year prison term, while defense attorneys recommended