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ETX man gets 25 years for having wife have sex with boys

Anthony Cornelius. Photo Source: Polk County Jail. Anthony Cornelius. Photo Source: Polk County Jail.

POLK COUNTY, TX (KTRE) - A Polk County district judge has sentenced a Livingston man to 25 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to encouraging his wife to have sex with four teenage boys.

Anthony DeWayne Cornelius, 40, pleaded guilty to six total counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sexual assault of a child.

According to District Attorney Lee Hon, Cornelius encouraged his wife, Mistina Cornelius, to engage in sexual activity with four teenage boys, who ranged in ages from 13 to 16, in the Indian Springs Subdivision.

Cornelius received two 25-year sentence and four 20-year sentences, all of which will be served concurrently.

Charges against Mistina Cornelius are pending.

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