A man arrested in November 2014 and charged with sexually molesting a girl from the time she was 10 years old until she was 17 has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.
Clarence A. Jones, 69, of Prescott Valley, was originally charged with 28 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, 16 counts of sexual conduct with a minor, and one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child.
The abuse began in 2005, and continued until 2012, when the victim moved out of state, police said.
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A Child Protective Services investigation in 2012, based on a friend’s report that the girl was being molested, could not be substantiated. Two problems hindered police: the fact that the victim had moved out of state and that she denied she was a victim of the crime, he added.
The case was re-opened in 2014 after police were tipped that Jones was in possession of child pornography, a police spokesman said, and, armed with a search warrant, they found an “extensive” collection of child porn downloaded from the Internet as well as “sexually graphic videos he had made of himself with the child victim.”
Detectives again contacted the victim, who was 19, and she cooperated with their investigation.
Jones pleaded guilty to one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child, and two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor.
On Sept. 28, Superior Court Judge Tina Ainley sentenced him to 50 years in prison, 25 of which are “flat time,” meaning he is ineligible for early release for any reason.
