Assault on a child leads to charges
PRESS RELEASE
In October of 2024, Deputies with the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office responded to an address in the Wallburg Community of Davidson County. A report of a sexual assault on a juvenile was made. The case was assigned to the Criminal Investigation Division for investigation and a criminal investigation was launched. The juvenile was forensically interviewed at The Dragonfly House and disclosed that a family member had sexually assaulted them.
On Thursday, April 3, 2025, Thomas Glenn Robinson, 66 years old was arrested and charged with one count of indecent liberties with a minor. Robinson is scheduled to appear in Lexington District Court, on April 28, 2025.
According to the National Center for Victims of Crime, 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys are a victim of child sexual abuse, and 3 out of 4 victims who have been sexually assaulted were victimized by someone they knew well. Davidson County has 519 people registered in the sex offender registry. This information can be found at the North Carolina Sex Offender and Public Protection Registry at sexoffender.ncsbi.gov.
