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‘A Cook County judge opted to clear longtime Chicago police sergeant Dennis Barnes of themolestation and sexual assaultof a colleague’s young daughter, convicting him instead on the far-lesser charges of misdemeanor battery. As a result of the judge’s ruling, Barnes’ only punishment will be to undergo up to two years of sex offender counseling and 60 days in a Cook County Jail.
Barnes was originally charged with felony attempted predatory criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The victim in question was 9 years old at the time of the assault in August 2014.’