Timothy Joe ParlierJr
46-year-old Timothy Joe Parlier, Jr. was sentenced to serve the active term of incarceration following a plea to two counts of statutory rape of a child 15-years-old or younger during Catawba County Superior Court on Thursday (January 9).
The Honorable Karen Eady-Williams, Superior Court Judge from Mecklenburg County, imposed terms of the active sentence after Parlier entered the guilty plea. As part of his sentence, Parlier also was ordered to register as a sex offender for a period of 30 years, enroll in sex offender treatment and not to have any contact with the victim.
A female victim, now 20-years-old, wrote a detailed letter when she turned 18-years-old that outlined what was inflicted on her by the defendant. A forensic interview of that victim’s siblings by the Children’s Advocacy and Protection Center of Catawba County confirmed the abuse, along with interviews from numerous individuals who had suspicions that something may have happened to the victim.
The investigation into the allegations by Maiden Police Department corroborated what the victim described happened from the time she was approximately eight-years-old in Catawba and Lincoln counties.
“You were supposed to be my role model, my safe place, my protection. Instead, you were the opposite,” the victim read in a statement for the Court. “No child or adult should have to go through the things Mr. Parlier put me through. Mr. Parlier kept me trapped my whole life.”
Jaleel Smith was the lead investigator for Maiden Police Department. The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the Children’s Advocacy and Protection Center of Catawba County provided assistance. Assistant District Attorney Jessica Phillips prosecuted the matter for the State with aid from Legal Assistant Dea Crowe.
Story: Rob Eastwood-WHKY