Sentence is 25 years in sexual abuse case

A Carlton County man was sentenced to more than 25 years in prison Friday for sexually abusing three young girls in his care.

Jamie Alden Godbout, 35, dated their mother for nearly a decade and was part of the family, so much so that the girls’ grandmother actually testified on his behalf, asking for a reduced sentence.

But Sixth District Carlton County Judge Amy Lukasavitz echoed the words of the one victim who testified Friday.

“You were the adult, you were the person who was supposed to protect them,” said Lukasavitz, who sentenced him to 306 months, or 25 ½ years. The sentence was toward “...