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Retired Mailman Pleads Guilty To Inappropriately Touching Children
Posted September 13, 2005 7:10 a.m. EDT
HARNETT COUNTY, N.C. — A retired mailman from Harnett County could spend up to 30 years in prison for molesting young girls.
Lloyd Coats pleaded guilty to molesting more than a dozen girls between the ages of four and 15.
The earliest case dates back to 1976.
Investigators said Coats met his victims on his mail route or while driving a church bus.
Coats would be eligible for parole under the plea agreement.