FARMINGTON – The sentencing of a Rangeley sex offender was continued until Friday so that a judge could do more research to ascertain the scope of impact the unlawful contact had on the victim.

In May, Roy White, 40, pleaded guilty to a felony count of sexual abuse of a minor stemming from an incident in 1997. According to Assistant District Attorney Andrew Robinson, in 1997, White came home early from work, and began drinking coffee brandy and then made advances on a 15-year-old female relative of his who was employed as a nanny in his home. White eventually fondled the girl, and then forced sex onto her, Robinson told the court Tuesday at White’s sentencing.

In May, White also pleaded guilty to another felony count of unlawful sexual contact for an incident that occurred in August of 2002 when White, who had been drinking at the time, took a 14-year-old female out for a drive and mixed her drinks before having unlawful sexual contact with her.

At the time the sexual abuse happened to the 1997 victim, she was baby-sitting the 2002 victim, Robinson noted.

White had been working for the town of Rangeley’s highway department at the time of both incidents, but because of his incarceration, is no longer employed there.

White had pleaded guilty to those two counts in May under the condition that several other felony counts, including two counts of gross sexual assault, be dropped.

At White’s sentencing on Tuesday, Robinson argued that when setting the sentence, Justice Joseph Jabar should consider the effect the contact had on the victims as an aggravating factor in the sentencing, among other things including risk to the community, pattern of abuse, White’s lack of remorse and the age of the victims.

It was as “disturbing” and “traumatic” as it could be, Robinson noted, pointing out that the victims would not come to court because it would have been too painful for them.

Robinson said that the impact on the 1997 victim caused the girl to move out of state and never return.

Meanwhile, as far as the 2002 victim, Department of Human Services case worker Nancy Carpenter said she was “very depressed” and often considered ending her life.

Robinson said it was White’s contact with her that “toppled everything” for the victim, who has since been put into the state’s custody. “It is fair to say the impact on her was traumatic,” he said. “She had some semblance of normalcy until this.”

But White’s attorney, Anthony Ferguson, noted that the 2002 victim had other problems before her contact with White and eventually, Jabar came up short because he could not ascertain how much the incident had impacted the 2002 victim.

The state was recommended a sentence of five years in the state prison, along with a long list of probation conditions including that White have no alcohol or illegal drugs, undergo sex offender treatment, register as a sex offender and have no contact with the victims or anyone under the age of 16, save for his 14-year-old son.

Meanwhile, Ferguson was asking that his client be given two years, with all but three months suspended. The attorney noted White has already spent at least three months in jail and thus would be released into the community after the sentencing although he would be on probation.

Jabar ordered the sentencing be continued until 8:30 a.m. Friday so that he could review the 2002 victim’s counseling records to access the true impact on her. White continues to remain in the Franklin County Detention Center where he has been held without bail since pleading guilty in May.

“The worst instance is the victims have to wait a couple more days for closure on this matter,” Jabar said.

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