Friday, July 10, 2009

Donald Mosley Sentenced to 40 Years for Sexual Assault

A Hunt County man will spend at least the next four decades in prison, after having been found guilty of charges of sexually assaulting a child and videotaping the encounter.

Donald Brian Mosley, 43, faced up to life in prison. He had pleaded guilty in April to one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child and one count of sexual performance by a child. He entered open pleas of guilty to both charges, meaning no potential sentence in the case had been offered or arranged.

Following a hearing in the 354th District Court, Judge Richard A. Beacom sentenced Mosley Thursday to 40 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division on each count, according to Hunt County District Attorney Noble D. Walker Jr.

“We are extremely pleased with the sentences handed down by Judge Beacom,” Walker said. “Since the judge ordered that the sentences were to run consecutively, or “stacked”, the defendant will have to complete his first sentence before beginning his second sentence. As a result, the defendant will have to serve at least 40 years in the penitentiary before being eligible for release on parole.”

Mosley, who lived at a residence between Floyd and Merit, was the subject of a reported investigation by the Hunt County Sheriff’s Office after deputies received information on Oct. 10, 2008 of possible child pornography on a videotape that had been brought to the agency. Officers with the Criminal Investigation Division were contacted and reportedly determined the aggravated sexual assault of a child had occurred. During the investigation, the Hunt County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from the Collin County Sheriff’s Office, the Plano Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in locating additional potential victims and the recovery of computer equipment for evidentiary purposes.

Walker credited First Assistant District Attorney Steve Tittle for the prosecution of the case, and the sheriff’s office for the investigation, most notably Sheriff’s Investigator Jeff Haines, who obtained admissions from Mosley during his interrogation of the defendant.

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