Adding to two similar charges pending against him in Knox County, a Jefferson man was indicted March 10 on 18 charges of unlawful sexual contact with a girl under 12 years old and two charges of attempting the same.
Darrell Crosby, 56, is alleged to have subjected the girl to unlawful sexual contact on 16 occasions from July 2004 to October 2008, and attempted to subject her to the same in October 2011 and January 2012, according to the indictment.
If convicted, Crosby could face up to 10 years in prison and up to $20,000 in fines for each of the 18 class B unlawful sexual contact charges, and up to five years in prison and up to $5,000 in fines for each of the two class C attempted unlawful sexual contact charges, according to the Maine Criminal Code.
No filings in the Lincoln County case, other than the indictment, had been made as of Monday, March 16, according to court personnel.
Crosby was arrested on a warrant out of Knox County last April and charged with unlawful sexual contact and unlawful sexual touching against the same alleged victim in Knox County, according to The Lincoln County News archives and court documents.
A Knox County grand jury indicted him instead on two class B charges of unlawful sexual contact in October 2014.
Knox County Sheriff’s Detective Justin Twitchell is listed on the indictments in both counties.
According to a report by Twitchell on the Knox County case, the alleged sexual contact began when the girl was 4 years old, spanned six years, and was estimated by the girl to have occurred at least three times per month during that period.
Twitchell’s report lists the girl as a relative of Crosby’s.
Crosby allegedly admitted to contact with the juvenile, but claimed he tried to avoid it and the juvenile subjected him to the contact, Twitchell wrote.
According to Twitchell’s report, Crosby said he was sexually victimized as a child, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, previously suffered from alcoholism, and has attempted to take his own life in the past.
The Knox County case against Crosby was recently continued due to an anticipated consolidation of the two cases for one trial, according to court documents.
Jeremy Pratt, Crosby’s attorney in the Knox County case, had no comment.
