WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Dustin Stover Bowles, 42, of Hurricane, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison, to be followed by 20 years of supervised release, for aggravated sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12. Bowles must also register as a sex offender.
A federal jury convicted Bowles following a four-day trial. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, between September 2006 and December 2006, Bowles sexually abused a minor while he babysat her at his home. The victim disclosed the abuse to several trusted adults in 2020, as well as Army criminal investigators. Bowles was ...