July 01, 2009
Baptist Deacon Sentenced to 225 Years for Molesting Three Girls
ROCKY MOUNT, VA -- Several character witnesses testified Monday on Dean Harold Stone's behalf during his trial on molestation charges, including two ministers who have counseled him. One said Stone is seeking biblical forgiveness, as well as the forgiveness of the victims. But despite the talk of forgiveness and repentance, Franklin County Circuit Court Judge William Alexander imposed sentences that exceeded the state's guidelines on the 12 charges Stone faced. Stone is a danger to young girls, Alexander said, imposing a 225-year sentence. Stone, 45, pleaded guilty in April to the 12 felony sex crimes, which included nine charges of aggravated sexual battery and three counts of inanimate or animate object sexual penetration. The incidents occurred between 2006 and 2008 when two of the girls were 13 or younger, and the third was between the ages of 14 and 16.Click Here For The Full Story......
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Baptist Deacon Sentenced on Sex Charges
VINTON, VA -- A former church deacon at a church in Vinton, accused of molesting three teenage girls, has been sentenced to 225-years in prison. Dean Harold Stone pleaded guilty in April to 12 felony sex charges for the offenses that happened between 2006 and 2008. The sentence comes a week before the church's former assistant pastor is scheduled to be sentenced for an unrelated sex crime. Donald Silverman faces up to 20-years in prison for sexual battery on a Roanoke County child.
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