PHOENIX — A convicted sex offender was recently sentenced in Maricopa County to hundreds of years in an Arizona prison.

Gordon K. Golding, 59, was sentenced last week in court to 663 years in prison for 41 counts of various crimes, including sexual conduct with a minor, sexual abuse and giving drugs to a minor, court records show.

The sentence for each count runs consecutively to the other counts, which resulted in Golding receiving the centuries-long punishment. Several of the offenses were categorized as "dangerous crimes against children," a distinction that carries tougher penalties in Arizona.

Golding was arrested by Phoenix police in 2019. Law enforcement officials said Golding used his position as a kickboxing instructor to lure teenage girls and abuse them.

When police searched

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