Sex Offender Convicted of Raping Twelve-Year-Old Boy

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s Child Abuse Unit obtained a conviction against a man who raped a twelve-year-old boy. Anthony Demarcus Martin, 41, was convicted of Rape of a Child. Judge Scott Green set the case for sentencing on December 15 where Martin faces between twenty-five and forty years in prison.

In a two-day trial, Assistant District Attorneys Rachel Russell and Nate Ogle explained to the jury that four years ago, when the victim was twelve, the victim went to Martin’s house to play video games. During the course of the evening, the victim fell asleep but woke up to being raped by Martin. Martin has previously been convicted of Statutory Rape by an Authority Figure for a March 2014 case involving a different child. He was also convicted of Aggravated Assault following a fight at the movie theatre in Knoxville Center Mall in April 2012 where Martin punched a sixteen-year-old child then repeatedly kicked the child in the head until the child lost consciousness. The child was taken to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital where he was treated for a fractured skull, contusions, and bleeding of the brain.

“This sex offender will not be able to harm another child because of the bravery of a young man who had the courage to come forward and confront his accuser,” said DA Charme Allen.

Rape of a Child is a Class A felony that carries a punishment between twenty-five and forty years in prison. At sentencing, prosecutors will ask for the maximum sentence due to the nature of the offense and the additional sexual and physical assaults Martin has previously committed against children.

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