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Hearing set for man in sexual assault
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DARLINGTON - A 20-year-old Minnesota man is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 17 after he enters a plea to allegations of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old Belmont girl he met over the Internet. Corey James Fordham, Spicer, Minn., did not appear in Lafayette County Circuit Court Wednesday but was represented by his attorney Philip Brehm. Fordham is charged with one Class E felony count of burglary and Class C felony counts of repeated sexual assault of a child, child sexual exploitation and use of a computer to facilitate a sex crime.