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September 10, 2007
Man scheduled for prison, castration
State Attorney Steve Meadows announces the plea, in Bay County Circuit
Court, of Bobby James Allen, Jr., to four counts of Armed Burglary, three
counts of Sexual Battery while Armed, and one count of Attempted Sexual
Battery while Armed. These pleas resolve a number of cases which arose in
late 1998 and 1999. Allen is to be sentenced on September 20, 2007, at 8:30
a.m.
Allen, WM, DOB: 2-26-1972, was arrested on several of the charges in 2002.
Since that time, he has been declared mentally incompetent twice and has
been treated and restored to competency.
The agreed-upon sentence will be 25 years prison, as a dangerous felony sex
offender and, by law, Allen will serve 100 per cent of that sentence. The
prison term will be followed by 10 years probation. Allen will be designated
a sexual predator, with all registration and treatment requirements, as well
as electronic monitoring pursuant to the state’s Jessica Lunsford Act.
Additionally, Allen agreed to submit to surgical castration. The court’s
order required that the surgery be conducted within eight days. A board
certified urologist has agreed to perform the procedure.
The plea was taken in the presence of three of the four victims and the lead
investigator from the Bay County Sheriff’s Office. Major Crimes Assistant
State Attorney Larry Basford told the court that all four victims and law
enforcement were in agreement with the resolution and hoped that the
sentence would "deter him and others like him" from committing such crimes.
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