An Oak Harbor man who sexually abused two children while he was in the Army was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Georgia.

A jury convicted 32-year-old Austin M. Burak of abusive sexual contact of a child and aggravated sexual abuse of a child following a trial in Georgia earlier this year.

On Sept. 4, U.S. District Court Chief Judge R. Stan Baker sentenced Burak to lifetime imprisonment for each of the two minor victims. The sentence means that Burak will serve a minimum of 30 years in a federal prison.

The government’s trial brief states that the crimes occurred in Georgia in August 2017. The documents states that Burak was drunk when he entered the young boys’ bedroom at night. He molested

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