North Carolina man pleads guilty on 22 charges of sexually assaulting, hurting children
02/15/2019 2:05 pm PST
via WGHP:
WENTWORTH, N.C. (WGHP) -- A man has been sentenced on a string of sex offense charges involving children.
On Thursday, Darren Lawson, 37, pleaded guilty to three counts of statutory rape of a child by an adult, six counts of statutory sex offense with a child 15-year-old or younger by an adult, seven counts of sex act by a substitute parent, one count of indecent liberties with a child, one count of disseminating obscene material to a minor and four counts of assault on a child under 12-years-old.
He was initially arrested as one of a couple, alongside Josephine Ellen McQueen, 36.
Superior Court Judge Lora Cubbage sentenced Lawson to 456 to 608 months, or 38 to 50 years.
North Carolina law requires that Lawson serve at least the minimum 38 years and register as a sex offender once he is released.
He's accused of performing various sex acts with two children from October 2017 to April 2018, as well as making a child watch pornographic movies with him.
After sex acts, Lawson is accused of poking the children with safety pins and using a Taser on them.
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