Maximum sentences were handed down in two separate child sex abuse cases in Calhoun County this week.
According to the Anniston Star, on Wednesday – Circuit Court Judge Brian Howell sentenced 33 year old Derick Reza Foroutan of Anniston to 99 years behind bars without the chance for parole – he was convicted of first degree rape for having forcible sex with an eleven year old girl.
And on Thursday, Circuit Judge Debra H. Jones sentenced Valerie Stanton to two consecutive 20 year sentences in prison – meaning she will serve those sentences back-to-back; Stanton, age 39, was convicted in August of second degree rape and second degree sodomy for having had sexual contact with a 15 year old boy.
(Anniston Star/www.annistonstar.com)