30-04-2025
Wilsonville man sexually abused 6-year-old, sentenced to 25 years
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man who sexually abused a child for four years was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Tuesday, Clackamas County officials announced.
Eric Michael Shaw-Stearns, 38, was convicted earlier in April on charges of first-degree sodomy, four counts of first-degree sexual abuse and three counts of unlawful sexual penetration.
Shaw-Stearns began abusing the child when they were six years old and continued until the child was 10.
'Some of Shaw-Stearns' crimes were subject to Jessica's Law, an Oregon law that requires a 25-year mandatory minimum sentence for adults who are convicted of raping, sodomizing or sexually penetrating a child under the age of 12 years old,' the Clackamas County District Attorney's Office said.
Prosecutors sought a 50-year sentence for Shaw-Sterns.
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