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By
Holden Rafey [former]
- October 18, 2021
Court
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Daily Stories
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Juveniles
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Sex Abuse
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Sexual Assault
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Suspects
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Victims
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A defendant charged with first-degree child sex abuse retained private counsel during a hearing.
According to court documents, the 36-year-old defendant is accused of sexually abusing a young girl, to whom he is related by marriage, for multiple years beginning when she was in the 7th grade.
During the Oct. 15 hearing, Dominique Winters, a public defender, withdrew from the case. The defendant is now being represented by Samuel Adewusi, a private attorney.
Judge Danya Dayson also agreed to relax the defendant’s pretrial release conditions, removing him from the High Intensity Supervision Program. The defendant must also continue to abide by the conditions of his protective order.
Judge Dayson set another hearing for Feb. 4.