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Bills' Henry gets community service
HAMBURG, N.Y. (AP) -- Buffalo Bills rookie running back Travis Henry was sentenced Friday to 100 hours of community service for having a sexual encounter with a 15-year-old girl. Henry, who pleaded guilty last month to the misdemeanor charge of attempted sexual misconduct, is eligible to have his record cleared once he's completed his service. He's been assigned to work with Buffalo's St. Augustine Community Service Corporation, where his duties will mostly involve counseling youth. He could still face punishment from the NFL for violating the league's personal conduct policy. NFL spokesman Dan Masonson said the league is reviewing Henry's case, and he that didn't expect a decision until next week at the earliest. Bills president Tom Donahoe said the league has informed the team it "will handle any disciplinary action it deems necessary." Henry, the Bills' rushing leader this season, declined comment following a brief appearance in Hamburg Town Court. Henry was at a suburban Buffalo gas station when two girls approached him Sept. 23. The three went to Henry's home, where the encounter took place, and after the 15-year-old girl told him she was almost 18. Erie County District Attorney Frank Clark previously said that a misdemeanor was the appropriate charge in cases involving similar circumstances. Henry's lawyer, Terrence Connors, said his client accepted the punishment. "It was a learning experience for him, a difficult one, and an error in judgment," Connors said. "He's accepted the responsibility for that and now moved forward with it. And he intends to make the appropriate arrangements to correct it." Henry, Tennessee's leader in career rushing yardage, was Buffalo's second-round draft pick in this year's draft.
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