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PRESCOTT, Ariz. - Officials with the Yavapai County Attorney's Office say a judge has sentenced a Prescott man, following his conviction in late July.

What we know:

According to a statement released on Aug. 25, Brett David Ellis was sentenced to a 16-year prison sentence. The 35-year-old will also have to register as a sex offender and serve seven years of probation when he is released from prison.

Dig deeper:

Officials say Ellis was convicted of two counts of sexual assault, one count of kidnapping, and one count of aggravated assault by a jury on July 25.

"The jury heard evidence that after the victim arrived at Ellis’s Prescott residence, Ellis bound and sexually assaulted the victim, as well as causing other injuries," read a portion of the statement. "After the assau

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