Two men receive 90 days for sex assaults on children

Two men receive 90 days for sex assaults on children

July 21, 2001

Two men accused of similar sex crimes in separate cases received nearly identical sentences in district court Thursday.

Lloyd Quail, 33, and Jeffery Barrett, 21, both of Cortez, each pleaded guilty to one count of Class 5 felony attempted sexual assault on a child.

Both were fined $5,478 and were sentenced to 90 days in jail, the Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Program, and six years’ probation. They were both ordered to register as sex offenders, and ordered not be in contact with children under the age of 18.

Barrett originally faced 10 charges — three counts of sexual assault on a child using force, three counts of sexual assault on a child in a position of trust, three counts of sexual assault on a child and one count of sexual assault on a child as part of a pattern abuse for the alleged assault of a 6-year-old he had occasionally baby-sat from October 1997 through July of 1998.

According to an arrest affidavit, Barrett’s female victim reported to a doctor that Barrett fondled and licked her vagina and had attempted penetration with his penis on three different occasions.

Barrett denied the 6-year-old’s accusations.

Additionally he was sentenced to 100 hours of community service, ordered to write a letter of apology to the victim, and ordered to enter an intensive outpatient treatment program for drugs and alcohol.

Quail originally faced two charges of sexual assault on a child in a position of trust and two counts of sexual assault on a child as part of a pattern of abuse for the alleged assaults of a 9-year-old and 6-year-old in April and May of 2000.

According to a police report, the two female victims reported Quail had touched their vaginas and were made to touch his penis. One girl reported he had lain on top of her naked and moved his body in a manner which made her "privates hurt."

Initially, Quail denied all accusations but later said the incidents were part of an explanation of "how babies were made" that "went too far," according to the police report.

Quail was granted work-release during his jail sentence.

Prosecuting attorney Brian Rossiter said the plea agreements in both cases were offered to "spare the children from testimony."