Man sentenced for sexually abusing teen violated court order, Sacramento DA says
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- A judge sentenced Derrold Barry to 26 years for sexually abusing a teen.
- The DA says Barry violated a protective court order after abuse was reported to police.
- A jury convicted Barry of rape, lewd acts on a child and court order violations.
A Sacramento Superior Court judge sentenced a man to 26 years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage girl and violating a court order to stay away from her after she told her mother about the abuse, prosecutors said.
On Friday, Judge Laurel White sentenced Derrold Barry, 47, who was convicted four months ago in the sexual abuse case, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday in a news release.
Prosecutors said Barry sexually abused the 15-year-old girl over a period of two-and-a-half months. She didn’t tell her family about the abuse at that time, but she revealed the abuse she suffered while speaking to someone she didn’t know on social media.
The teen’s mother eventually found out about the abuse and immediately reported it to police and obtained a court order directing Barry to stay away from her daughter, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said Barry violated the court protective order on numerous occasions.
On Oct. 24, the DA’s Office filed a criminal complaint against Barry charging him with felony sexual abuse charges and misdemeanor charges of violating a court order, jail and court records show. On Oct. 27, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office arrested Barry was booked him at the jail and arraigned in court two days later.
Prosecutors said a jury on April 10 found Barry guilty of committing forcible rape, four counts of committing a lewd act upon a child and two counts of violating a court order.
On Tuesday, Barry was being held at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Facility near Elk Grove and awaiting a transfer to a prison.
