The former host of a Grand Rapids Christian radio show was sentenced Monday in Calhoun County Circuit Court for sexually assaulting a young boy.

John Balyo was sentenced to 25 to 50 years behind bars for first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Balyo admitted to assaulting the victim last May at a Battle Creek motel. Prosecutors say that he paid another man he met online to arrange the encounter. In September, Balyo plead guilty to the charge.

Balyo was also charged sexual exploitation and possessing child pornography. He signed plea deal in court Federal court on those charges back in July, just weeks after his arrest at a Christian music festival in Gaylord.

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