Man gets 98 years in prison for child sex abuse. Sacramento DA says he could get elderly parole
A 56-year-old man sentenced last week in Sacramento County to 98 years in prison for sexually abusing a child could be released after serving 20 years of his sentence because of his age, prosecutors said.
A Sacramento Superior Court judge on Friday sentenced Alfred Bryant Tribbey for sexually abusing a girl over eight months while threatening to kill her if she told anyone, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release.
On Feb. 7, a jury found Tribbey guilty of nine counts of forcible lewd acts upon a child and one count of committing a lewd act upon a child.
Prosecutors said Tribbey’s conviction also included enhancements for sexually abusing a vulnerable victim and taking advantage of a position of trust, along with committing crimes involving great violence, great bodily harm, threats of great bodily harm or other acts of a high degree of cruelty, viciousness or callousness.
Tribbey used his position of trust to gain access to the girl, who was 10 years old when the sexual abuse began in 2020, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said Tribbey threatened to kill the little girl and her family if she told anyone about the sexual abuse, before the molestation ended when a member of the victim’s family caught Tribbey with the girl.
On Monday, Tribbey remained in custody at the Sacramento County Main Jail awaiting to be transferred to a California prison.
Under state law, Tribbey will become eligible for early release at an elderly parole hearing after serving 20 years of his 98-year prison sentence, according to the District Attorney’s Office. With credit for time already served in custody, prosecutors said Tribbey will become eligible for parole 17 years from now.
Depending on a person’s conviction and prison sentence, an inmate may be eligible for elderly parole after being incarcerated at least 20 years and reaching 50 years of age, or being incarcerated at least 25 years and reaching 60 years of age, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Convicted offenders sentenced to death or life without the possibility of parole are not eligible for elderly parole. Also ineligible for elderly parole are offenders sentenced for the second or third strike under California’s “three strikes” law and offenders convicted of first-degree murder of a peace officer or a former peace officer due to performance of their official duties.
