Griffin: ‘We Owe It To Our Children To Protect Them From The Evil In This World That Looks To Exploit And Victimize Them’
LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after securing a guilty plea and 20-year sentence for Richard Keith Dewberry, 68, of North Little Rock:
“Investigators from my office arrested Dewberry in December after we received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. He was charged with 13 felony counts of distributing, possessing, or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a minor.
“Yesterday, Dewberry pleaded guilty to 10 of those counts. His conviction carries a 20-year sentence in Arkansas state prison and requires him to register as a sex offender.
“We owe it to our children to protect them from the evil in this world that looks to exploit and victimize them. I am grateful to Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeanna Sherrill and Assistant Attorney General Alexa Vetsch for their outstanding work on this case.”
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