IDAHO FALLS — An Ammon man was sentenced in Utah and in Idaho after the victim reported he had sexually assaulted her multiple times, after giving her sleeping medication.

Douglas Melvin Hall, 42, was charged in Idaho on Dec. 10 with two felony lewd conduct with a child and a charge of felony child sexual abuse.

On May 15, he signed a plea agreement, which means that in exchange for a guilty plea, the state dismissed one of the lewd conduct and the sexual abuse charges. The state recommends a sentence of five years fixed and for it to run concurrently with Utah’s sentence.

On Sept. 23, District Judge Dane Watkins Jr. sentenced Hall to eight years in prison and an indeterminate period of life.

According to Hall’s Utah court documents, he was charged in Washington County on Sept. 18, 202

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