Paris Sex Offender Gets Harsh Sentence

A Lamar County jury of six men and six women convicted 49-year-old Dennis Martin Beyer, Jr. of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child under the age of 14 and Sexual Assault. The victim was a family member, who testified that she was abused from the age of 9  until after her 14^th birthday.  Judge Wes Tidwell sentenced Beyer to a total of 119 years in prison, and he will never become eligible for parole.