A
Houston man was sentenced to 25 years in prison without the possibility
of parole for molesting a 3-year-old in the bathtub while supervising
her in 2015, Harris County District Attorney
Kim Ogg announced Tuesday.
“We
have a duty to protect the most vulnerable in our community,” Ogg said.
“When someone molests a child under the age of six, our law provides
for them to serve every single day of their
prison sentence without the chance of parole, and in a case like this,
that is a just and fair sentence.”
Wilber
Curtis Johnson, 30, was sentenced by state District Judge Ana Martinez,
after being convicted of super aggravated sexual assault of a child for
molesting the young girl on October
1, 2015.
Days
later, the three-year-old girl made an outcry to her father and
grandmother about being touched inappropriately. They contacted the
Houston Police Department. Investigators interviewed
the child, who was able to tell what happened, and filed charges
against Johnson, who sometimes took care of the young girl.
“This
is a really egregious case because she was so young, so vulnerable, and
so defenseless,” said Assistant District Attorney Edward Appelbaum, who
prosecuted the case with ADA Janna Oswald.
“She was only able to defend herself by splashing water on him while it
was happening and by telling her dad what happened. She defended
herself the best way that she could.”
The
case was investigated by the Houston Police Department and prosecuted
by the Crimes Against Children Division of the Harris County District
Attorney’s Office.
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