SAN MARCOS, Texas
– Hays County Felony District Legal professional Kelly Higgins introduced right this moment that 34-year-old Joseph Pavelka, IX, previously of San Marcos, was discovered responsible of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a kid and one rely of indecency with a baby by sexual contact.
Pavelka was not eligible for probation primarily based on the severity of the offenses. He was sentenced Thursday, Oct. 10, by presiding Choose Gary Metal to 6 years in jail on all three counts to run concurrently. Pavelka is required to register as a intercourse offender for the remainder of his lifetime.
On Aug. 19, 2024, a Hays County jury discovered Pavelka responsible of sexually abusing the sufferer from the ages of six and 7 years of age whereas he was 17 and 18 years previous on the time. The proof confirmed that the abuse was not instantly disclosed as a result of defendant’s threats made to the sufferer, together with that she would “get in bother” and that she wouldn’t be believed. In the course of the trial, the State introduced the sufferer’s childhood journals that described the abuse and emotional trauma skilled due to Pavelka. After the studying of the decision, the jury verbalized their perception within the sufferer and their hope that she’s going to discover closure. One of many jurors returned to the courthouse for the punishment section in assist of the sufferer. Previous to issuing the sentence, the choose addressed the sufferer personally, stating that he believed her testimony.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant Felony District Attorneys Cassidy Story and Rowan St. John.
“We want to thank the sufferer for her persistence and braveness to face her abuser after years of being silenced,” Story mentioned. “The jury’s verdict despatched a message to her and this neighborhood that they won’t tolerate baby sexual abuse, whatever the time it took for the perpetrator’s crimes to be revealed.”
Moreover, Hays County Felony District Legal professional Kelly Higgins introduced right this moment that 59-year-old Randall Mosbey, of Kyle, was sentenced to life in jail on Oct. 18, 2024.
On Oct. 18, 2024, a jury discovered Randall Mosbey responsible of steady sexual abuse of a kid and invasive visible recording. Randall Mosbey pleaded responsible to the rely of invasive visible recording in the beginning of trial, and after listening to all the proof, the jury additionally convicted him of steady sexual abuse of a kid.
The proof in trial confirmed that Randall Mosbey sexually abused a baby over the course of a number of years beginning when the kid was round 7 years previous. The defendant additionally positioned hidden cameras within the sufferer’s rest room and bed room and through that investigation by regulation enforcement, the sufferer got here ahead to the detective and disclosed all the years of sexual abuse. The jury additionally heard proof that again in 1992, the defendant was court-martialed within the U.S. Marine Corps and located responsible of sexual offenses in opposition to a baby.
After the convictions for steady sexual abuse of a kid and invasive recording, Choose Dan Mills sentenced Mosbey to Life in jail with out the opportunity of parole underneath Texas’ Auto-Life statute, after paying attention to Mosbey’s earlier conviction for a sexual offense in opposition to a baby.
Choose Mills additionally sentenced the defendant to the utmost punishment on Depend II Invasive Visible Recording of two years in state jail.
This case was investigated by the Kyle Police Division and was prosecuted by Assistant Felony District Attorneys Miranda Ebersole and Elizabeth Schmidt.
“We wish to thank the sufferer on this case for having the extraordinary braveness and energy to come back ahead and face their abuser in court docket,” Ebersole mentioned. “We additionally wish to thank Sgt. Congdon from Kyle Police Division for his in depth work on this case.”
Higgins mentioned that circumstances of this nature are a particularly excessive precedence for the workplace, including that justice will come to those that hurt kids, regardless of how a lot time has handed.