Sentence handed down in rape case

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        A man was sentenced in Daviess County yesterday after pleading guilty to rape in May.

        31-year-old Joseph Tyler Brown received a nearly 10 year sentence from Superior Court Judge Dean Sobecki.  Brown was given credit for 360 days already served.

        Brown will finish out his sentence in community corrections, register as a sexual violent predator, pay court costs and have no contact with the victim. 

        The crime stems from an incident which occured about a year ago.