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GEORGETOWN, Del. -- A Delaware pediatrician who decorated his office with Disney characters and miniature amusement park rides, is convicted of abusing scores of young patients over more than a decade will spend the rest of his life in prison. Earl Bradley, 58, showed no emotion as a judge sentenced him Friday to 14 life sentences for 14 counts of first-degree rape. Bradley was also sentenced to 165 years for multiple counts of assault and continuous sexual exploitation of a child. Bradley was arrested in Dec. 2009 after a 2-year-old girl complained to her mother after an office visit that...

DOVER, Del. (AP) -- A Delaware grand jury returned a sweeping indictment Monday against a pediatrician accused of serial molestation in what could be one of the worst child sex abuse cases in the nation's history. The 160-page indictment returned by a Sussex County grand jury charges Dr. Earl Bradley of Lewes with 471 counts of sexual crimes against 103 children. Attorney General Beau Biden said all of the alleged victims, including one boy, were caught on more than 13 hours of video recordings, some dating to 1998, that were seized from Bradley's office and home.

Additional charges have been filed against Dr. Earl B. Bradley early this morning, as a result of a preliminary forensic investigation of a computer seized by Troop 4 state police detectives. Doctor Earl B. Bradley is currently charged with, 4 counts of rape (first-degree) with a victim less than 16 years of age, rape (second-degree) with a victim less than 16 years of age, 3 counts of sexual exploitation of a child by photo or film, and endangering the welfare of a child. Bradley turned himself in to Troop 4 Detectives at approximately 8:30 a.m. this morning. Police are withholding...