A Winston-Salem man was sentenced to at least 114 years in prison after a Forsyth County jury convicted him of 11 counts of raping and sexually abusing a young girl.
Corey Lamont McClamb, 42, was convicted on two counts of statutory rape, three counts of felony child abuse by a sexual act, three counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor and three counts of statutory sex offense.
The jury was deadlocked on a third count of statutory rape, and Judge Christophe Bragg of Forsyth Superior Court declared a mistrial on that charge.
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Bragg sentenced McClamb to 456 months to 557 months each on one count of statutory rape and two counts of statutory sex offense, and consolidated the remaining charges, giving McClamb a total sentence of 114 years to 139 years and three months.
The girl, now 17, testified during the trial that she and McClamb knew each other when they lived in a different state. She testified that the sexual abuse started when she was 8 and continued when they moved to Winston-Salem.
The alleged incidents that took place in Winston-Salem occurred from June 2009 until September 2010, when –– at age 15 –– she told a guidance counselor at her high school.
The Winston-Salem Journal does not typically identify the victims of sexual abuse or their families.
Assistant District Attorney Kia Chavious said that McClamb’s DNA was found on the girl’s comforter in her bedroom, where many of the alleged incidents took place, and that an examination at the hospital found evidence consistent with sexual abuse.
Chris Beechler, McClamb’s attorney, argued during the trial that the forensic evidence in the case was inconclusive.
McClamb has maintained his innocence. He testified that he did not rape the girl.
The verdicts in the case came after a trial that ended Thursday. The jury began deliberating at 4 p.m. Thursday and had requested transcripts from three of the witnesses on Friday. Bragg adjourned court Friday afternoon to allow the court reporter to prepare the transcripts for Monday morning.
By noon Monday, the jury was deadlocked 10 to 2 on three of the 12 counts. By 3:30 p.m., the jury had reached unanimous verdicts on 11 counts but remained hopelessly deadlocked on the remaining count. That’s when Bragg declared a mistrial on the one count of statutory rape.
Chavious said during sentencing that McClamb’s actions devastated the girl. She said the girl couldn’t even talk about the allegations when Chavious started working on the case two years ago. Chavious said McClamb used fear and intimidation to keep the girl from talking about the sexual abuse.
“These offenses are horrible,” Chavious said. “They were heinous.”
