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Man sentenced in Grand Canyon child abuse case

By Amanda Lee Myers
Published June 15, 2012 12:41am ET
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Man sentenced in Grand Canyon child abuse case
FILE - This 2006 photo provided by the Indianapolis Metro Police Dept, shows Christopher Allen Carlson, Carlson, an Indiana man convicted of forcing his young grandsons to hike for miles along a sun-baked Grand Canyon hiking trail and denied them water and food, is scheduled to be sentenced in Phoenix on Thursday, June 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Indianapolis Metro Police Dept, File) | AP

PHOENIX (AP) — An Indiana man convicted of child abuse for forcing his three grandsons on a grueling hike in the Grand Canyon was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Thursday, the minimum term the judge could have imposed.

Christopher Alan Carlson, 45, already has served nearly 10 months in prison and could be eligible for early release, so he may only have to be in prison for another 11 months.

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