SALEM — A 39-year-old Rowley man with ties to Lynn was sentenced to 15 to 18 years in state prison on Monday after he admitted to repeatedly raping and drugging a child and posting videos of the rapes on social media, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s office.
Darryl R. Moore pleaded guilty to 12 counts of indecent assault and battery on a child, 10 counts of child rape with force, eight counts of posing a child in a state of nudity, two counts of possession of child pornography and one count of dissemination of child pornography, during a Salem Superior Court hearing.
Judge David Deakin imposed the agreed-upon prison sentence followed by five years of supervised probation, with the conditions that Moore is to stay away from and have no contact with the victim and her family, undergo sex offender treatment, register as a sex offender, and allow probation to randomly search all electronic devices.
In doing so, Deakin commented on the remarkable strength and bravery shown by the child and her mother.
“I am grateful to the prosecution team, the Rowley Police, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and all of the other law enforcement officers who worked tirelessly and with professionalism to investigate this crime, secure the evidence and ultimately hold this defendant accountable for his unspeakable acts,” said Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett.
“I’m also pleased that this case could be appropriately resolved, thus sparing the child and her family the trauma of a trial. My hope is that the victim and her family can put this part of their trauma behind them and continue to heal.”
Moore was arrested two years ago after Rowley Police were notified by the Massachusetts State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force that child pornography was being distributed over the Internet from a computer in Rowley, prosecutors said.
Investigators identified the child in the video and determined she had been drugged. A police investigation, which included a search of Moore’s home in Rowley and of his place of employment in Danvers, revealed that he had viewed, possessed and distributed child pornograhy, prosecutors said.
“The sad reality is that law enforcement receives dozens of similar tips a month regarding suspicious activity on the internet,” said Essex Assistant District Attorney Kate MacDougall in her sentencing statement.
“In this case, the tenacity of Rowley Det. Robert Adams and Danvers Lt. Robert Sullivan, who performed the forensics, quite literally rescued this child from her abuser and prevented him from abusing other children.”