Man gets 30 years in sex abuse case

GRAND FORKS (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Grand Forks man to serve 30 years in prison for molesting a young girl over a period of nearly seven years.

Judge Lawrence Jahnke told 35-year-old Timothy James Olson that the case is ``probably the most heinous child abuse case' he's seen in 20 years on the bench.

Olson pleaded guilty to felony sexual abuse of a child. Court documents say the abuse took place from January 2000, when the girl was about 6 years old, to December 2006. Prosecutor Meredith Larson says the abuse during that period happened about three times a week.

Olson apologized during his sentencing, and also described what he did as ``heinous.'

Tags: north dakota, grand forks, sexual abuse of a child, timothy james olson, lawrence jahnke, news, daily updates