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	Putnam Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of Teen Cousin By Alison Knezevich Charleston Gazette April 26, 2007 http://wvgazette.com/section/Breaking/000000459 Winfield — A Putnam County man will spend up to five years in jail for forcing his teen cousin to strip naked last year so he could photograph and assault her in front of her 2-year-old nephew, a judge ruled Thursday. Putnam Circuit Judge Ed Eagloski gave Paul E. Casto, 63, of Hometown, an indeterminate sentence of one to five years for first-degree sexual abuse. Casto, a taxidermist and former pastor, pleaded no contest to the charge in February. At Casto's sentencing, defense attorney Greg Campbell tried to make a case for home confinement instead of jail because Casto's wife was recently diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. The 18-year-old victim broke down on the stand when she described the aftermath of the abuse. "People call me bad names," she said, crying. "I'm not a bad person. I'm a very good person."
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