BLOUNT COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) -- A man from Trafford was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole on child sex crimes, according to Blount County District Attorney Pam Casey on Monday.

Ronald Crow was sentenced to 99 years in prison for sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12, one year for indecent exposure and unlawful imprisonment and 180 days for menacing. Crow was convicted in September of two counts of sexual torture of a child under the age of 12, first-degree rape, three counts of first-degree sodomy, sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12, indecent exposure and menacing.

"The crimes committed by Ronald Shane Crow are among the most horrific our community has ever seen," Casey stated. "Crow’s actions were depraved, and the life-without-parole sentence ensures that

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