Alverson pleads Guilty to Contributing to Minors

An Anderson man has pled guilty to contributing to the delinquency of minors.  Tenth Judicial Circuit Solicitor Chrissy Adams reports that 58-year-old Robert Alverson, Jr. pled guilty in Anderson General Sessions Court to two counts. The Honorable Edward Miller sentenced Alverson to three-years suspended on one-year of home incarceration program with four-years probation and no contact with either victim.  The State agreed after reviewing all the available evidence after 14 to 29-years have passed since the incidents took place.  The defendant met both victims through The ACT Theatre, one between 1984 and 1985 and the other between 1997 and 1999.  The victims disclosed that the defendant forced them to engage in intercourse at various locations in Anderson County. “The evidence we have in this case makes proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial highly unlikely,” said Solicitor Adams. “Unfortunately, after all of these years no physical evidence exists that can be presented at trial.  The evidence also shows that, as adults, each of the victims chose to share an apartment with the defendant in New York for some period.  Our office must rely on the facts that would be admissible in court and based on those facts and the history of consensual relationships as adults with both victims, we are confident that our decision in regards to this guilty plea is the best and only resolution to this case.”