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Former Dartmouth police officer Shawn Souza was sentenced today to 10-15 years in prison for raping his young stepdaughter and molesting a teen family friend.

Shawn Souza was found guilty of two counts of aggravated rape of a child, one count of rape of a child by force and one count of indecent assault and battery of a person 14 or older, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III’s office said in a statement. Souza will be sentenced on Thursday morning.

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — A former Dartmouth police officer will spend at least a decade behind bars for raping a child and molesting a teenager. Shawn Souza, 42, was sentenced Thursday morning to serve 10 to 15 years in state prison, followed by two years of supervised probation.

A former Dartmouth police officer on Thursday received a prison term of 10 to 15 years following his conviction the day before on child rape charges stemming from assaults of two children, according to legal filings.

A former Dartmouth police officer was convicted Wednesday in Fall River Superior Court of child rape and indecent assault and battery.

Shawn Souza, 42, of Dartmouth, is due in Bristol Superior Court in Fall River on Thursday for sentencing, officials said.

A former Dartmouth police officer has been convicted of child rape, according to Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III. Shawn Souza was found guilty following a three-day jury trial Wednesday of two counts of aggravated rape of a child,