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Cantonment Man Sentenced To 25 Years For Child Sex Abuse
November 15, 2024
Thursday, a Cantonment man was sentenced to prison for sexually abusing children that lived with him.
Nathan Dale Toms, 50, was sentenced to serve 25 years in state prison followed by lifetime sex offender probation and was designated as a sexual predator by Circuit Court Judge John Simon. Toms was sentenced after entering a plea straight up to the court on four counts of sexual battery by a person in familial authority.
The investigation arose from a report that Toms had inappropriately touched minor children that were in his custody. The abuse alleged took place between 2016 and 2023.
Prosecuting attorney Carrie Gilmer said, “Nathan Toms manipulated the victims and their family to gain trust and access to the victims. Hopefully, this sentence will bring some much-needed closure to the victims.”
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7 Responses to “Cantonment Man Sentenced To 25 Years For Child Sex Abuse”
This “man” preyed on a family who he KNEW needed financial help and manipulated the children into acts both he AND they knew would be soul-shatteringly traumatic. As though the disgusting abuse wasn’t bad enough, he convinced them to keep quiet so they wouldn’t disturb the so-called family dynamic. My prayers go up to every member of this family and to his own family who must be equally disturbed. And, while I’m sure this will be an unpopular opinion, I pray that he truly repents and meets Jesus Christ before it’s too late.
How does one many life and another gets 25 years?
He can still ask Jesus for forgiveness and go to heaven.
25 years + lifetime probation is not harsh enough. Disgusting .
Really absolutely disgusted !! And very bad situation in general I don’t know why these Actions or behaviors exist ! But also for an investigation/knowledge/concern of such actions since 2016 ….That’s 8 years This man has been freely doing this I don’t care if its just a hunch or whiff in the wind Take Action and Immediate concern into this and this Might or could’ve been mitigated years ago and them kids wouldn’t have had to go through this trauma !! One and done not “Oh lets see if he does this multiple times before action is taken”Now them kids gotta live with this the rest of their lives!!
And of course he knew what he was doing was wrong but continued!!! This is an example of why I say 1 chance 1 Bullet 1 Time and never again will anyone be bothered with this type person. His family will probably not like what I say but I say to you your family member don’t deserve to live
They’re getting another space in hell ready.