July 2, 2009
Charleston man gets 25 years for sexual abuse of girl, 13
Robert A. McDonald molested teenager last November
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. --  A Charleston man was sentenced Thursday to up to 25 years in prison for sexually molesting a 13-year-old girl last November.

Last month, a Kanawha Circuit Court jury convicted Robert Allen McDonald, 38, of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian or custodian and third-degree sexual assault.

McDonald's lawyer, public defender John Sullivan, asked Circuit Judge Duke Bloom to consider home confinement for his client.

McDonald previously had spent time in prison on a forgery and uttering conviction, and successfully completed his parole after he was released, Sullivan said. This demonstrated that McDonald can obey a court's orders, he said.

McDonald also asked Bloom for leniency, saying he had changed while he was in prison. If Bloom placed him on home confinement, he could continue working and help support his mother and three children, he said.

"I'm not guilty," McDonald said, "but you have a job to do, and I respect that."

Kanawha County assistant prosecutor Fred Giggenbach asked the judge to impose the maximum sentence.

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