Sunday, April 18, 2010 —
An Oakboro man will spend at least the next 32 years of his life in prison after being convicted of first degree sexual offense with a child, stringing from events that occurred between April 19 and 20, 2008.
Thomas Lamont Jackson, 30, was arrested on March 19, 2009 by Oakboro Police Department after he allegedly had encounters with a 4-year-old female.
Oakboro Police subsequently requested assistance in the sexual assault investigation from the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office.
Jackson’s trial began April 6 and ended April 14. Kisha Scott, an assistant district attorney with the Stanly County District Attorney’s Office, served as prosecutor on the case.
After deliberating for less than an hour on Wednesday, the jury came back with a guilty verdict on three charges: one count of first degree sexual offense with a child, one count of indecent liberties with a child and one count of crimes against nature.
Jackson was sentenced in the presumptive range to a minimum of 384 months (32 years), or a maximum of 470 months (39 years) in prison. He received credit for the 13 months of time served in jail awaiting trial.
“This further shows that the people of Stanly County will not tolerate sexual abuse of children,” Stanly County Sheriff Rick Burris said.
District Attorney Michael Parker, who also released a statement, said that he “commends the cooperative work of the law enforcement agencies and the Butterfly House Child Advocacy Center for the efforts in this case,” and that he is “proud of the work done by all agencies that has resulted n the successful prosecution of the defendant.”
“Justice has been served for this child victim,” Parker said.
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