GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Suttons Bay man convicted of molesting young girls faces at least 30 years in prison at his sentencing in federal court.
Forty-seven-year-old Clifford Francis Gould Jr. is scheduled to appear Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids.
A jury found Gould guilty of four counts of aggravated child sexual abuse and one count of abusive sexual contact.
Prosecutors say Gould sexually assaulted three girls under the age of 12 at his home from April 2005 through May 2007.
Federal guidelines call for a life sentence. Defense attorney Helen Nieuwenhuis ('NOO-wehn-HYS) says in a court filing the mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years is more appropriate because the Suttons Bay man has health problems and no prior criminal record.
