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Teen Sentenced For Sexual Assault Of Young Boy
May 17, 2012
The Century teen accused of sexually abusing a 6-year old boy has been sentenced to two years behind bars.
Michael Alexander Dubose of West Highway 4, was charged with two felony counts of sexual battery on a victim under 12 and fondling a child under 12. The sexual battery charges were dropped, and Dubose was convicted on the fondling charge.
Now 18, Dubose was 17-years old when he was arrested after a male victim told investigators at the Gulf Coast Kids House that Dubose had sexual relations with him over a one year period at two different units at Century Woods Apartments. He was later transferred from the Department of Juvenile Justice to adult court.
Dubose was sentenced as a youthful offender to two years in state youthful offender/sexual offender facility, with credit for 301 days served, to be followed by four years probation. He is currently set for release on July 4, 2013, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.
He was also ordered to complete sexual offender counseling while in custody and follow up with a sex offender evaluation and recommended treatment upon release.
After his arrest, Dubose himself became the victim of alleged physical abuse by his mother and the mother of the victim. Juliette Dubose was accused of “whipping” Michael Alexander Dubose with an extension cord after learning that he allegedly had sexual relations with her son. After the beating, Juliette Dubose instructed the mother of Michael Dubose, Kassedra Dubose, to also beat him with the extension cord, according to an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.
Both women pleaded to no contest to charges of cruelty toward a child. They entered into a pretrial diversion program under which charges will be dropped if they successfully complete the one year program.
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15 Responses to “Teen Sentenced For Sexual Assault Of Young Boy”
hope to see my friend walk out them doors a new man
@ James Broel.. So just because they aren’t ready for more inmates means that they should just let sick people walk around our community endangering our kids, families, and friends. There is no excuse…it’s just sad.
i think the whole thing is sick, sick that he did it and sick of the mothers for abusing him, gee wonder where he learned about abuse ???
Bravo @Sickning!
There is a huge difference between my generation (20s) and younger and the generations before me. There are more and more punks and low lifes at my generation and younger. More drug abuse, more crimes, more sexual abuse are being caused by younger people. Its sickening that a 17 yr old gets treated like an 8 yr old. He should have done harsh time for this. All he got was a smack on the hand. I appluad those mothers for going after him like they did! He deserved so much more. And these bleeding hearts need to wake up. Its because of you guys that no one is allowed to discipline their children anymore. that is why Juvys are packed out, children are completely uncontrollable now a days and parents are going to jail because they discipline their children. All I know, is he is lucky he didnt have my parents growing up… He would have been begging for his life. Its about time a mother takes things into her own hands. Imagine how that baby felt while this 17 yr old was hurting him. It took a year before that baby spoke out, and majority of them never do. They are haunted for the rest of their lives, trust is no longer in their vocabulary. Think about all that and tell me that those mothers had no right to beat him. Hell, in other countries he would be put to death! Talking does not work, we have tried it for years, its time to take action. Maybe then people would understand that if you mess up one time, your DONE!
Not long enough…I am not sure the Florida Correction Institutions are ready for more and more inmates. I can see our governor shutting some of them down or giving the responsibility to private corporation owner buddies he has.
Jack well said. I agree. 100%.
Seriously? Two years? That’s it!!!! How is it that when 17 year old’s rob a store, most of them are charged as adults, but when a 17 year old MOLESTS a helpless child, he is charged as a YOUTHFUL offender? This young ADULT knew what he was doing. This is why crimes are skyrocketing in this country, the punishments for crimes are definitely not harsh enough. This is when I seriously wish that our criminal justice system were more like other countries. If you steal, you get a finger and/or hand cut off. It would definitely make people think before they break the law. This guy serves a little over a year for molesting this child, but this child will have this horrifying memory for the rest of his life. That or he will push it in the back of his mind and it will seriously cause long term damage to future relationships. God bless the child he hurt oh so deeply!
Some of us are still old school. Thats how our parents got our attention back in the day.
See, as I have said before…..these sexual predators, young or old, are not getting they correct type of punishment, or correct amount of time. It is going to get to the point that our citizens are going to start taking the law into their own hands……justicie is not being served for these poor, helpless children. Our justice system needs revising!!!!!!
C’mon man! If that would of been my family member, he would of begged for an extension cord. Also, 2 years?? He messed up a kids life and only gets 2? People get real!
What is accomplished by beating someone with an extension cord after the fact? It doesn’t erase the offending action. All it does is make the “beater” feel better. There is a saying that no one does anything wrong (they believe) because if they thought it was wrong, they wouldn’t do it. Might be better to work on people’s perception of right and wrong.
I can understand why they beat him. OLD times thought that was the way.
Now days we all know that’s just more abuse. Beatings at this young MAN’S
age will just tell him abuse is normal. Unfortunately it is my believe that that
damage is DONE.
I don’t care what kind of punishment he received from his mother and the other woman, his conviction should have been much harsher(?). Unless he has a developmental disability or some other mental incapacity, the charge was too light. He is a nearly legal adult who began to have “sexual relations” with a 6 year old…there is no other name but abuse, assault, battery, and rape! He is old enough to know he was doing something terribly wrong.
I hope this young man will use this time to turn his life around and become a better person. And I hope the victim has someone to listen to and heal from this tragedy. And when Michael gets out of prison he needs to stay far away from those who abused him as well. Prayers offered to all parties!!
I am sorry but those women should have whipped that boy… not with an extension cord but maybe a belt or flip flop or something. wtheck? if i found out my kid did that to a child i would do the same thing. if he is old enough to get charged with a crime he is old enough to get a but whooping.