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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 will be locked up for at least the next decade, his sentencing coming a day after a jury convicted him on charges 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 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,

A man who worked as a Dartmouth Police officer was convicted of child rape on Wednesday after a three-day jury trial, prosecutors announced. Shawn Souza was found guilty of two counts of aggravated rape of a child,

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