Hart man sentenced to 2 days in jail for CSC.

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Hart man sentenced to 2 days in jail for CSC.

LUDINGTON — A 55-year-old Hart man was sentenced recently in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court to two days in jail with credit for two days served for a conviction of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC).

Francisco Lujano Paniagua, of 2274 W. Jackson Rd., pleaded guilty July 6, according to court records.

Paniagua was also sentenced, Dec. 7, to five years probation and must not have any contact with the victim. He was ordered to pay $658 in fines and costs.

Fourth-degree CSC is a high-court misdemeanor punishable by up to two years in prison.

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