LOUISA, VA (CVILLE RIGTH NOW) – Darius Jones was convicted of forcible sodomy and aggravated sexual battery of a 5-year-old special needs child on Thursday, April 4, 2024.

The 41-year-old Warrenton man was on bond for similar charges from January 2023 when he moved into a camper in Louisa County. He gained access to a five-year old non-verbal special needs child on May 23, 2023.  The nine-year-old sister of the victim walked in on him sexually abusing the child and immediately told her grandmother who physically confronted Jones to rescue her granddaughter.  The case was going to be challenging with a non-verbal victim until the Department of Forensic Science returned a DNA certificate of analysis that corroborated the older sister’s statements and the drawing made by the non-verbal victim.

“This is a sick human being who not only preyed on a very young child but one with special needs, said Commonwealth’s Attorney Rusty McGuire. “We hope he spends the rest of his life in jail when he is sentenced on June 26, 2024.”

Jones faces up to life plus 20 years in prison.  He is currently housed at the Central Virginia Regional Jail where he has been held since his arrest on the Louisa charges.  He was unable to obtain bond on the Louisa charges.