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August 24, 2005Jarvis sentenced to 8-15 yearsSexual contact with former foster daughterByRecord-Eagle staff writer TRAVERSE CITY - A Manton man will spend at least eight years in prison after pleading guilty to having sexual contact with his former foster daughter. Dennis Jarvis, 34, was sentenced to eight to 15 years in prison Friday morning by 13th Circuit Court Judge Thomas Power after pleading guilty earlier this month to one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Power also sentenced Jarvis to three to five years in prison - a concurrent sentence - for attempted kidnapping. In exchange for his plea, Grand Traverse County prosecutors dismissed one count of kidnapping and five other counts of third-degree CSC against Jarvis. Jarvis was arrested in March after Benzie County officials received a call about a possible abduction attempt of a 13-year-old girl. Police said Jarvis was spotted picking up the teen in his vehicle by a police surveillance team at the scene before allegedly taking her to a wooded area, where he was arrested. Benzie prosecutor Anthony Cicchelli charged Jarvis with kidnapping and soliciting and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, but later had those counts dismissed because of the charges pending in Grand Traverse and Wexford counties. Jarvis is still facing nine counts of criminal sexual conduct in Wexford County for alleged incidents with the girl between March and August 2004. Prosecutor William Fagerman said he expects the charges against Jarvis in Wexford will be resolved in the next 30 days. Any prison time from the Wexford charges would be concurrent to his Grand Traverse sentence, Fagerman said. " Based on his (Grand Traverse) sentence, I am guessing we will probably work something out," he said. "In the next 30 days we will be coming up for trial, so we will try to make a plea deal before then." See Related Stories: Manton man enters sex plea in foster child case - August 3, 2005 County files sexual conduct charges against Manton man - May 11, 2005 Accused kidnapper faces new charges - April 28, 2005 Man held in kidnapping of former foster child - April 2, 2005
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