Two life sentences handed down in conviction for lewd or lascivious molestation on a minor

Press release from the Office of State Attorney Brian Kramer

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – On Friday, September 9, Assistant State Attorney Angela Rogers and Assistant State Attorney Deborah Rothenberg led the prosecution team in State vs. Richard Charles Lipscomb.

On January 12, 2020, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office arrested Richard Lipscomb through their preliminary investigation of sexual battery of a minor child. The Office of State Attorney continued the investigation and formally charged Lipscomb with sexual battery with injury on a person under 12 by a person 18 or older, sexual battery by a person 18 or older on a person 12-18 years old without force likely to cause serious injury, lewd or lascivious molestation on a person 12 years of age or older but under 16 years of age and the offender is 18 or older, and showing obscenity to a minor. An Alachua County Jury found Lispcomb guilty as charged on all counts. The state presented 14 witnesses during the four-day trial. The jury deliberated for approximately 4 hours.

The Honorable Judge David P. Kreider sentenced Lipscomb to 2 life sentences on counts one and three, 30 years consecutive on count two, 15 years on count four, and 5 years on count five, all to be served in the Florida Department of Corrections.

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