Man Forces 4-Year-Old Daughter To Perform Sex Act On Him
Friday, November 25, 2011Omoba
A Jersey
City man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for having his 4-year-old
daughter perform oral sex on him and he must serve more than 12 years before
being eligible for parole, officials said today.
In
February, the Arlington Avenue man who turns 28 tomorrow was found guilty of aggravated
sexual assault and endangering the welfare of his daughter, who is now 8.
“The
victim will be well over 18 by the time her father is released,” said Hudson
County Assistant Prosecutor John Mulkeen today of the sentence meted out by
Hudson County Superior Court Judge Sheila Venable Friday. “It was a well
investigated case by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office’s Special Victims
Unit.”
The name
of the convicted child molester is being withheld to protect the identity of
the victim. The child
was 6 years old on Aug. 21, 2009 when she told her baby-sitter what her father
had made her do and the baby-sitter told the girl’s mother the next day. The
mother had not yet contacted police when an anonymous caller gave the
information to the state Division of Youth and Family Services on Aug. 24,
Mulkeen said.
The
mother, who was 28 years old at the time, was not prosecuted, but the victim
and her younger sister were taken away by DYFS at that time. The mother
testified for the prosecution at trial.
The father
was arrested on Aug. 25, 2009 and at the end of a recorded interview he asked a
female officer to leave the room and tearfully “expressed guilt, felt bad, and
admitted that he did it and gave even more details than the baby-sitter had,”
Mulkeen said.
When the
victim testified at trial she clearly identified her father as the one person
that had touched her inappropriately, Mulkeen said. The father testified that
he had been forced to make the incriminating statement, but the jury didn’t buy
it.
After his
arrest, the man posted bail on Sept. 15, 2009, but his bail was revoked when he
was convicted on Feb. 16, 2011. He must register as a sex offender and undergo
supervision for life.
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