Family decries light judgment for sex offenders

EDITOR’S NOTE: Out of respect for the victim and her family, the Dispatch Record has agreed to use stand-in monikers for several sources in this story. A Kempner man pleaded guilty to a felony child sex abuse charge on Aug. 4, but the victim’s family feels the case is one of many examples of lax punishment for sex offenders. Tyler David Simmons, 25, pleaded guilty...

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