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Post Falls man gets prison for sexual abuse

by STAFF REPORT
Staff Report | June 11, 2024 1:17 PM

COEUR d’ALENE — A Post Falls man who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two children will spend up to 30 years in prison. 

Derek J. Thomson, 29, pleaded guilty in January to lewd conduct with a minor under the age of 16, a felony punishable by up to life in prison. Prosecutors said Thomson “engaged in sexual contact” with two children between September 2018 and September 2023. The children were between the ages of 2 and 8 years old at the time of the abuse. 

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