A former Sanger police officer has been sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting four women while on duty.

J. DeShawn Torrence, 41, was sentenced to five consecutive life sentences.

Flashback: A federal jury convicted Torrence of eight counts of deprivation of constitutional rights under color of law after a two-and-a-half-week trial in January. • The jury found that five of the counts involving kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse or attempted aggravated sexual abuse.

Driving the news: Torrence kidnaped a 21-year-old woman who was walking to a store to buy groceries for her young children. • He then drove her outside of town in his police car and sexually assaulted her at an isolated dead end. • As he drove the woman away from town, he told her, “no one is going to look for you

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