A former Marine who fondled his 11-year-old niece was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison with five years of post-release supervision.
Mark Andrew Fortune, 26, of 130 Stagecoach Road in Lowndes County, was sentenced by 16th District Circuit Judge Lee Howard after a three-day trial.
Fortune claimed he was taking Ambien, a drug known to cause sleep-driving, at the time of the incident in December 2008, and didn”t recall the fondling. He fondled the victim while they were watching a movie at his house.
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