YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - A Youngstown man has been sentenced to a prison term of fifteen years to life for murdering his fifteen-month-old son.

 Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Shirley Christian sentenced twenty-six-year-old Larry Dawson Jr. on Wednesday.

A jury found Dawson guilty murder and two counts of child endangering earlier.

Authorities say Dawson abused and caused serious physical harm to his son Rayvon, causing his death in December of 2012.

Dawson has been in jail since violating terms of his house arrest by cutting off his electronic monitoring ankle bracelet.