A Buras man was sentenced to serve 25 years in state prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping and raping a young girl who told authorities the sexual abuse occurred when she was 6 years old.
Hien Nguyen, 45, also was ordered by Judge Kevin Conner to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Nguyen changed his pleas to guilty of aggravated rape and second-degree kidnapping just before the scheduled start of his trial on Monday (July 31).
He faced trial following a Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office investigation and a grand jury indictment. The case originated when a 14-year-old girl revealed during a hospital examination that she had been sexually abused by Nguyen eight years earlier.
The teen victim provided an impact statement that was read to the court by a PPDA victim assistance coordinator before Conner imposed the sentence.
Assistant District Attorneys Jason Napoli and Mary Touzet prosecuted the case.
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