MONROE - A Dubuque man convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl and burglary was sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by two years of extended supervision after the revocation of his probation on Wednesday.
Dustin Michael Dean, 27, was initially sentenced to one year in jail and 90 months of probation on a Class F felony charge of burglary and a Class A misdemeanor charge of fourth-degree sexual assault in September 2015. However, eight hours after his sentencing, Dean violated his probation by smuggling a Schedule II narcotic into jail and attempting to deliver it to an inmate.
At his initial sentencing, Green County Circuit Judge James Beer noted Dean's inability to take responsibility for his various addictions to narcotics. Dean himself claimed that he would take "full responsibility" for his actions.
In his sentencing Wednesday, Beer commented on Dean's repeated failure to abide by terms of probation, leaving him no alternative but revocation of Dean's probation.
Dean's attorney, Jane Bucher, noted that a prison term was "inevitable" for Dean, but added that it could have been avoided had Dean received proper treatment for his addictions.
Bucher added that Dean had turned to drug abuse as a coping mechanism after the death of his mother when he was 16.
Reading from a prepared statement, Dean said his "behavior was influenced by negative thinking" but added that he had changed for the better since his initial sentencing.
"I can regret the past, but I can't change it," Dean said. "I can anticipate the future, but I can't control it."
Dean's sexual assault charge stems from a series of incidents when he sexually molested a preteen girl for two years beginning in 2012. His actions were discovered when victim's family learned the victim had contracted herpes, an incurable sexually transmitted virus.
The burglary charge stems from an unrelated incident when he broke into and stole cash from a Monroe business in April 2014.
Dean will appear in court Feb. 22 for a sentencing hearing on charges of smuggling contraband into jail.
Dustin Michael Dean, 27, was initially sentenced to one year in jail and 90 months of probation on a Class F felony charge of burglary and a Class A misdemeanor charge of fourth-degree sexual assault in September 2015. However, eight hours after his sentencing, Dean violated his probation by smuggling a Schedule II narcotic into jail and attempting to deliver it to an inmate.
At his initial sentencing, Green County Circuit Judge James Beer noted Dean's inability to take responsibility for his various addictions to narcotics. Dean himself claimed that he would take "full responsibility" for his actions.
In his sentencing Wednesday, Beer commented on Dean's repeated failure to abide by terms of probation, leaving him no alternative but revocation of Dean's probation.
Dean's attorney, Jane Bucher, noted that a prison term was "inevitable" for Dean, but added that it could have been avoided had Dean received proper treatment for his addictions.
Bucher added that Dean had turned to drug abuse as a coping mechanism after the death of his mother when he was 16.
Reading from a prepared statement, Dean said his "behavior was influenced by negative thinking" but added that he had changed for the better since his initial sentencing.
"I can regret the past, but I can't change it," Dean said. "I can anticipate the future, but I can't control it."
Dean's sexual assault charge stems from a series of incidents when he sexually molested a preteen girl for two years beginning in 2012. His actions were discovered when victim's family learned the victim had contracted herpes, an incurable sexually transmitted virus.
The burglary charge stems from an unrelated incident when he broke into and stole cash from a Monroe business in April 2014.
Dean will appear in court Feb. 22 for a sentencing hearing on charges of smuggling contraband into jail.