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Man Who Pleaded Guilty to Indecent Exposure Gets Prison Time

District Judge Karen Townsend sentenced Cole William Francisco after a two-hour hearing

By Dillon Tabish

MISSOULA — A 22-year-old man who pleaded guilty to exposing himself to girls in Missoula and Lolo last spring has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

The Missoulian reports District Judge Karen Townsend sentenced Cole William Francisco after a two-hour hearing Tuesday. She gave him credit for the year he has spent in jail. He will have to complete the first phase of sex offender treatment before being eligible for parole and must register as a Level II sex offender.

Francisco pleaded guilty in January to two counts of indecent exposure, misdemeanor attempted indecent exposure and felony drug possession for having a date-rape drug in his car.

At the time of his arrest, Francisco was on misdemeanor probation for a 2014 conviction for watching a Missoula woman inside her house.