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Updated at 5:34 p.m., Monday, May 21, 2007

Former dance instructor gets 1 year for sex assault

Advertiser Staff

Former dance instructor Daniel Jones was sentenced to one year in prison and five years probation today for his conviction on two counts of third-degree sexual assault of an underage girl.

In a courtroom filled on one side with family members and supporters of Jones and on the other with family and friends of Jones' victim, Circuit Judge Virginia Crandall turned aside arguments from the prosecution for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison for the 22-year-old defendant.

Crandall also rejected a request from Jones' lawyers for a sentence of probation with no jail time.