A man accused of having sex with an underage female pled guilty to the charges against him during an appearance in Baxter County Circuit Court Monday (March 10) and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Fifty-five-year-old Gary Dale Robertson, who lists his address as a room at the Mountain Home Inn, was initially booked on multiple counts of 2nd degree sexual assault and sexual indecency with a child.
Robinson’s latest arrest came last year after a report was made to the Mountain Home Police Department (MHPD)that the 12-year-old victim had told her mother she did not want to be around Robertson because he had been “touching her inappropriately.”
The victim said the unwanted activity had been going on for about a year, even though she asked for it to stop on numerous occasions.
The victim said Robertson had told her not to tell anyone what was happening because he “would get in trouble.”
At various times, Robertson has been registered as a sex offender with both the Mountain Home Police Department and the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office.
He has been accused of making unreported relocations during the time he was registered, resulting in two arrests and the filing of two felony cases.
According to court records, he was initially required to register after being convicted in Missouri of the rape of a 17-year-old female in 2009.
Court records show Robertson has never been diligent in complying with sex offender registration requirements, particularly when it came to reporting where he was living.
According to the probable cause affidavit filed in 2015 he was accused of moving to Baxter County without checking in with the proper local authorities.
The Baxter County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint in early December 2015 that an unregistered sex offender was living in the Buford area. When investigators talked to the home’s owners, they said Robertson had lived with them, along with his “wife” and three children. The owner said he had “evicted” the Robertson family members shortly after they moved into his residence.
It was determined that Robertson was still registered at a residence along Wells Road in Bald Knob and that he had not informed authorities of his move to Baxter County in the 10-day period allowed by law.
In the 2015 case, Robertson was sentenced to three years-probation.
Robertson was arrested again in early January 2022 after it was found he had once more moved without reporting the change.
He pled guilty to a charge of failure to comply with registration/reporting requirements, a Class C Felony and was again sentenced to three-years-probation.
A petition was filed July 10 to revoke that probation based on the new charges.
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