Brooklyn Man Sentenced To 30 Years For Sex Abuse Of Girl

ANNAPOLIS, MD — A Brooklyn Park man was sentenced to spend 30 years in prison for multiple counts of rape and sexual offenses against a girl, prosecutors say. Demetrius Troy Wallace, 43, was sentenced by Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Michael Wachs to 30 years in prison, five years of supervised probation upon release, and lifetime registration as a sex offender for sexually assaulting a minor.

On November 17, 2015, Annapolis Police received a case from the Child Advocacy Center about a 15-year-old girl who had been sexually assaulted by Wallace between November 2014 and August 2015.

On July 26, 2017, Wallace was found guilty after a four-day trial of three counts of second-degree rape, two counts of second-degree sex offense, and one count of sex offense of a minor.

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His attorney disputed the account of Wallace's interactions with the girl. The case began when a student at a local school shared suspicions with a counselor that a classmate was the victim of sexual abuse by someone close to her, reports The Capital-Gazette.

"Although he refuses to accept responsibility for his horrific actions, Demetrius Wallace earned this sentence when he repeatedly chose to abuse a young girl," said Anne Arundel County State's Attorney Wes Adams in a news release. "The victim has undergone unimaginable trauma, and yet she found the strength and courage to confront her abuser and prevent him from victimizing others."

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