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A man and woman involved in the kidnapping and sexual abuse of two Amish girls in northern New York were sentenced today in federal court in Syracuse.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeking a 580-year prison sentence for a man who sexually abused six children, including two kidnapped Amish girls in northern New York.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Federal authorities have filed additional charges against a northern New York couple accused of kidnapping and sexually abusing two young Amish sisters.

A five count indictment has been returned by a federal grand jury against the St. Lawrence County couple charged with kidnapping two Amish girls.

More information is surfacing about just how two Hermon residents allegedly kidnapped two Amish girls from Oswegatchie, New York.