SAN MARCOS, Texas – The workplace of Hays County Felony District Lawyer Kelly Higgins introduced immediately that 45-year-old Josh Devereaux Jarratt of Kyle entered a plea of responsible to the offense of steady sexual abuse of a kid and was sentenced to 40 years in jail on August 12, 2024. Jarratt additionally pleaded responsible to 2 counts of indency with a toddler by contact, one depend of indency with a toddler by publicity and 30 counts of possession of kid pornography. He won’t be eligible for parole and should serve the complete 40-year sentence because of the conviction of steady sexual abuse of a kid.
Over the course of a number of years, Jarratt sexually abused a toddler in his dwelling. In 2021 that baby outcried to a buddy and that outcry led to an investigation into Jarratt by the Hays County Sheriff’s Workplace. The kid sufferer additionally offered info to detectives that Jarratt possessed baby pornography. A search warrant was obtained for Jarratt’s dwelling and detectives discovered a number of computer systems and digital gadgets that contained greater than 1,000 movies and pictures of kid pornography. Throughout the search of Jarratt’s digital gadgets, detectives additionally discovered a number of specific movies and photographs that Jarratt took of a kid. A toddler-sized intercourse doll was additionally positioned in his bed room closet.
Hays County Assistant Felony District Attorneys Miranda Ebersole and Daniel Sakaida prosecuted this case. The Hays County Sheriff’s Workplace investigated the case, and the prosecutors want to specific their appreciation for Jennifer Baker and Det. Nelson Wray for his or her intensive work on this case.
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