CASE OF INTEREST

DATE: March 15, 2005

CASE: People v. Sean McCarthy
04F09158

CONTACT: Deputy District Attorney Noah Phillips
Special Assaults and Child Abuse
(916) 874-4268

District Attorney Jan Scully announced the successful completion of the case against Sean McCarthy. On March 11, 2005, The Honorable Patrick Marlette sentenced Sean McCarthy, age 21, to 33 years in state prison for violating Penal Code Sections 288(a) and 288(b), lewd acts on a child.

On July 26, 2004, the victim disclosed to her sister that the defendant had touched her inappropriately earlier that day. The defendant was arrested and subsequent investigation by Detective Alan Fukushima of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department revealed two additional victims. According to Deputy District Attorney Noah Phillips, “the defendant clearly meets the diagnostic criteria for pedophilia and poses a serious threat to the children of our community.”