The man said Friday that he was only spanking the children and that he shouldn't be punished so harshly.
TRENTON - A Trenton man sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting three children said in court Friday that he was merely "spanking," one of them.
Rajaugh Bowser, 37, was sentenced to a six-year prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual endangering of a child.
Additionally, he has admitted on the record to inappropriately touching at least one of the children, Mercer County prosecutors said Friday.
Prosecutors said the sexual encounters happened at Bowser's home in Trenton and involved children between the ages of 10 and 13-years-old. Bowser was initially charged with multiple counts of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault.
But Bowser, who appeared in court and read off a prepared statement Friday, said that he felt he was getting an unfair sentence for just "spanking" one of the children.
"I feel like I should have gotten something lower than that," Bowser said. He did not discuss the sexual assault accusations behind his charge.
After Bowser is released from prison he will be on lifetime supervised parole and will be barred from having contact with anyone under the age of 18.
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