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Man sentenced for sexually abusing 6-year-old while visiting Langley Air Force Base

Posted at 3:32 PM, Sep 07, 2016
and last updated 2016-09-07 15:33:25-04
Mark Anthony Lowe

Mark Anthony Lowe

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A man was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years in prison for coercion and enticement of a child and penalties for a registered a sex offender.

63-year-old Mark Anthony Lowe, of Fort Worth, Texas, was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release, according to the Department of Justice.

Lowe pleaded guilty to the charges on April 26.

According to court documents, Lowe admitted he sexually assaulted a six year-old child while visiting the child’s family on Langley Air Force Base during the 2015 Christmas holiday.

The child was taken to an area hospital and examined by a sexual assault nurse examiner and a sexual assault forensic report was completed.

Lowe, a registered sex offender, had a criminal record which includes numerous sexual assault offenses with a child in 1993 in Texas.