Dalton man receives prison term for sex with teen

A 30-year-old Dalton man was sentenced to four to eight years in prison Tuesday for engaging in a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl.

William Lee was sentenced on a first-degree sexual assault charge, a class II felony. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender, submit a DNA sample and pay court costs of $507.28.

Lee was arraigned last summer, stemming from an incident on May 30, when the 15-year-old girl’s mother caught her daughter sneaking back into their home at 2:20 a.m., according to court documents. The girl later admitted that she’d had sex with Lee, whom she referred...