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By
Isabella Quink [former]
- January 26, 2023
Court
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Daily Stories
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Sex Abuse
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Sexual Assault
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Suspects
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During a Jan. 26 hearing, a defendant was sentenced for his role in a child sex abuse case from 2018.
Allen Davis, 60, pleaded guilty to second-degree child sex abuse for an incident that occurred on Nov. 15, 2018, on the 800 block of Chesapeake Street, NE. The victim, Davis’s niece, was 7-years-old at the time of the incident.
Defense attorney Susan Ellis told DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun that Davis “was diagnosed at an early age with schizophrenia and depression.” She also said Davis had a learning disability and was sexually abused.
According to court documents, Davis pleaded guilty twice before in connection to child abuse cases; one when he was twenty years old, and one in 2014. The prosecution highlighted the previous offenses when determining their suggested sentence of 68 months in jail.
Davis was sentenced to five years at DC Jail, ten years of supervised release and he will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
“I’d like to apologize to my niece, no one ever apologized to me,” Davis said during the hearing. “I’d never do this again for as long as I live”.
Judge Okun also recommended he receive substance abuse, mental health, and sex abuse treatment while serving his sentence. Davis is also to stay away from the victim and cannot live in any dwelling that has minor children.
“She’s going to be affected by this for the rest of her life,” Judge Okun told Davis.
He acknowledged Davis’s abuse but responded that it “doesn’t excuse what you’ve done to other people. I hope for your sake, and mostly the community’s, you do not have to come back to court,” Judge Okun said.