On Wednesday, a 40-year old Gillette man was convicted on three counts of sexual child abuse.

Douglas Howard Craft was found guilty of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree and one count of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree after a jury of eight women and four men deliberated for approximately seven hours.


Each count carries with it a maximum prison sentence of 50 years.


Sentencing in this case will follow at a later date.


Previous convictions
Last September, Craft was convicted of felony exploitation of a child after he was found guilty of texting exposed pictures of himself to a juvenile female, and requesting and receiving sexually suggestive pictures of the juvenile in return.


Court documents indicate he began talking to that victim on Facebook.


That particular investigation began after the victim’s father informed law enforcement that he discovered Craft had been sending sexually-related text messages to his daughter.