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Air Force reservist pleads guilty in child rape case
Original Publication Date: July 30, 2018 2:19AM
Publication Updated: April 22, 2025 8:06PM
DOVER, Del. – A former Dover Air Force Base reservist has pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree rape after impregnating a 14-year-old girl.
Thirty-four-year-old Staff. Sgt. Byron White entered the plea Thursday, averting this week’s trial. Sentencing is set for Sept. 13.
An investigation began in December after someone complained on a Division of Family Services hotline. White was arrested at the military base in February on nine counts of third-degree rape and continuous sexual abuse of a child. Authorities said White had been in a sexual relationship with his victim since May 2017.
He was the fourth Dover airman to face child sex abuse charges in the past year.
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