Camden Gage King, 19, from Quitman was sentenced by visiting district court judge Christi Kennedy to 27 years in state prison on Friday, Sept. 1.

King pleaded guilty to two charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child. As part of the plea agreement, King also admitted to committing two other sexual assaults. King will have to register as a sex offender for life.

In March 2022 and January and February 2023, the Wood County Sheriff’s Office received outcries from victims that King had sexually assaulted them.

In May 2023, the Quitman Police Department received another outcry. 

King admitted in March 2022, when he was 18, he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old female. King also admitted that in June or July 2021, when he was 18, he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old female, and he threatened to physically harm her and her family if she disclosed the events.

King also admitted that he was guilty of committing two other sexual assaults in 2019 and 2020, in which he forced himself on 13-year-old and 16-year-old females.

District Attorney Angela Albers said, “I appreciate the diligence of law enforcement for their work on these cases. Camden King is a predator and needs to be held accountable for his actions. My office had extensive communications with the victims and their families, and after speaking with everyone involved, considering the evidence, and the age of King, my office felt like this was the appropriate outcome that effectuates justice without causing further trauma to the victims.

It is our hope that the victims and their families can heal from these tragic events and live their lives to the fullest. This sentence sends a clear message that harming children in Wood County will not be tolerated and anyone who does will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”