SUMNER COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Sumner County judge sentenced a former Portland restaurant manager to 46 years in prison Friday for grooming, exploiting and sexually abusing a 16-year-old job applicant.
District Attorney Thomas Dean said 43-year-old Landin Justin Long was sentenced after a jury convicted him in February.
Jurors found Long guilty of statutory rape by an authority figure, two counts of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor.
Prosecutors said Long used his position as a restaurant manager to target the teen victim.
Long will remain in prison under the sentence imposed by the court.
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