Rib Lake man gets prison for assaulting 12-year-old
A Rib Lake man will serve four years in prison and have eight years of extended supervision after pleading guilty to a charge of child enticement as part of a plea agreement.
Jacob R. Scotty, 37, of Rib Lake had originally been charged with first degree child sexual assault, sexual intercourse with a child under age 13 (a class B Felony); child enticement (a class D felony), and felony bail jumping for an incident that occurred on July 4, 2020. Due to the serious nature of the crimes, the assault and enticement counts had enhancers for lifetime supervision of serious sex offenders. If found guilty of the original charges, Scotty had faced up to 86 years in prison and up to $110,000 in fines.
According to the criminal complaint, the victim of the sexual assault was 12-years-old at the time of the incident and was being driven back to her family’s home by Scotty after having spent the day with him and his family. According to the complaint the victim reported she performed oral sexual acts on Scotty and vice versa as part of a game of truth or dare during the ride to her home. At the time of the incident, Scotty was released on bond facing felony charges of forgery and theft of moveable property between $5,000 and $10,000. A condition of that bond was that the defendant not commit any crimes.
On June 23, Judge Ann Knox-Bauer found Scotty guilty due to a no contest plea on the child enticement count without an enhancer. The remaining charges were dismissed and read in for sentencing purposes. In addition the theft and forgery charges were dismissed and read in for restitution purposes only.
Knox-Bauer ordered 12 years prison with four years initial confinement and eight years extended supervision with the following conditions and court costs: DNA sample and surcharge; restitution in the amount of $5,578.39 and $3,790.80 plus restitution surcharge; no contact with the juvenile victim; sex offender registration for 15 years; psychosexual evaluation and follow through with treatment recommendations; and counseling as deemed appropriate by probation. He was given a sentence credit of six days.
The court further ruled that the bond must be applied toward the restitution and costs and could not be returned to the person who posted it.
