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South Dakota airman pleads not guilty to child sex crime

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) - An airman stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in southwestern South Dakota has pleaded not guilty to a child sex crime in the northeastern part of the state.

21 year-old Samuel Seely is accused of driving to Aberdeen to have sex with a 13-year-old girl with whom he had chatted online. That the Florida man is charged with sexually soliciting and exploiting a minor.

A trial date was not immediately set. Seely faces up to 26 years in prison if convicted.

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