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US man admits raping boy, 6, after Canadian authorities intercept broadcast
CARLISLE, Pa. – A Pennsylvania man has admitted he sexually assaulted a six-year-old boy after Canadian authorities intercepted an Internet broadcast of him raping the child.
U.S. authorities later discovered 10 other recorded assaults of the boy.
PennLive.com reports 20-year-old William Byers Augusta pleaded guilty in Carlisle on Tuesday to charges including rape of a child.
Prosecutors say Canadian authorities intercepted a broadcast of Byers Augusta sexually assaulting the boy in July 2015.
Investigators found videos showing Byers Augusta assaulting the child, including one of him and 62-year-old Ira Task simultaneously sexually assaulting the child.
Authorities say Task didn’t wear protection despite knowing he had been HIV positive since 1994.
Task was sentenced in June to 17 1/2 to 40 years in prison.
Byers Augusta’s sentencing is scheduled for January.
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