PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 43-year-old man was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday for groping a 10-year-old child inside a Southeast Portland grocery store earlier this year.

Adam M. Caldwell pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted sexual abuse and will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison, the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office said.

“This was a brazen act of sexual violence against a 10year old-child. On June 20, 2024, Mr. Caldwell entered the Fred Meyer on Hawthorne and changed the lives of one family forever and put our community at risk. This type of egregious behavior forces our community into an impossible position of raising our children to be fierce and independent, but never knowing what looms around the corner. It creates fee

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