A Wasilla man who kidnapped two girls last year has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Michael Bowen Jr. was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to coercion and enticement of a minor. The terms of a plea deal had called for a 10-year prison sentence for Bowen, but a judge rejected the deal as too lenient.
Bowen had admitted to kidnapping the girls, ages 6 and 9, in August 2015 as they were riding their bicycles in North Pole. He drove with the girls in his car for several hours before turning around and dropping them off near their home when the older child told him their father worked with the police.
Bowen apologized to the victims and their parents at his sentencing.
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