Juvenile Sex Charge | Virginia Criminal Defense Lawyer | Richmond | Alexandria

Juvenile sex crimes can involve juveniles -- person under 18 -- or juveniles and adults. 

One of the keys to the nature of the charge will be the age difference between the persons involved in the sex act. If there is more than a 3 years age difference, the act will be more severely punished. 

Often, there will be multiple charges involved. the following report from Henrico County illustrates an adult-juvenile scenario.

A man arrested this week in the closet of an eastern Henrico County home was ordered held without bail Thursday and faces a Nov. 7 preliminary hearing on multiple drug and sex charges.

Harry S. Bailey Jr., 40, of the 2800 block of East Laburnum Avenue entered the home in the 2600 block of Grand Glen Road on Monday morning and was seen by a neighbor, who called police, authorities said. A search of the home by police turned up Bailey hiding in a closet, according to Henrico police.

Police said Bailey revealed that since April a sexual relationship had been going on between him and a 14 year old girl who resided there.

Bailey works as a forklift operator, and has no apparent history of felonies, stands charged with: two counts of carnal knowledge without force of a juvenile; two counts of nonforcible sodomy; a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor; and one count of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.

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