A Roseburg man Tristan Ray Stanton was sentenced to 275 years in the Oregon Department Corrections in Douglas County Circuit Court Tuesday. The 34-year-old was convicted on 29 counts of various sex crimes against four juvenile girls. Two of the girls were under the age of 12 when the abuse began.
The crimes allegedly occurred between Aug. 5, 2014 and Jan. 16, 2020, as stated in a 13-page grand jury indictment issued on Feb. 20, 2020. Stanton was arrested by the Roseburg Police Department on Jan. 30 last year, The News-Review reported.
Judge Ann Marie Simmons delivered Stanton’s sentence Tuesday. “I work very hard to find a place to work encouragement into my sentence, but there is absolutely nothing in this case that I find redeeming,” Judge Simmons told Stanton during the sentencing. She added: “There is nothing I can say to them or say to you that can make anything better. There was nothing good that came of this.
Staton was handed down 10 sentences of 25 years each that would be served consecutively — for seven counts of first-degree sodomy, and three counts of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration. The accused also received separate 75-, 45- and 36-month sentences on other counts that included first-degree sexual abuse, which will be served consecutively as well, the Judge ruled.
The combined sentences total 3,306 months – or 275 years and six months in prison.
Douglas County District Attorney Rick Wesenberg told earlier during the hearing: “We are asking you respectfully: Honor these girls. They will never be the same.” He added that he could not even fairly describe the abuse the victims have endured. Wesenberg told the media outlet that the sentence was “unheard of.”
Stanton did not address the court before Simmons issued her sentence. Meanwhile, his defense attorney, Carole Race had sought a 25-year concurrent sentence on all of the charges. In her argument, Race stated that Stanton could use the time to reflect on his actions and still have a chance to live a normal life when he was released.
In January 2020, a woman told Rosebury Police Department officers that her daughter had told her about an inappropriate contact by Stanton at a home in southeast Roseburg. Later on, two more girls came forward with sexual abuse allegations against the accused, and later, a fourth girl admitted to suffering similar abuse.
