NorthwestJune 13, 2015

Associated Press

Associated Press

HAMILTON, Mont. - A jury has found a Hamilton man guilty of 16 felonies in connection with raping five teenage girls.

The Ravalli Republic reported a jury delivered the verdict Friday and took less than six hours to find 45-year-old Brad Edward Daffin guilty of all but one of the charges against him.

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Daffin was arrested in January 2014 after two girls reported that he forced them to have sex with him over a one-year period. The girls had been 13 and 14 years old at the time.

Three more girls between the ages of 12 and 15 came forward with accusations against Daffin after they alleged he had given them drugs in exchange for sex.

In court Thursday, Daffin denied having sexual contact with any of the girls. His sentencing is set for September.

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