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Mack Doak, Child Sex Abuse, Alabama 2019
United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that Chief United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced defendant Mack Doak, 51, to 40 years imprisonment and his wife, co-defendant Jaycee Doak, 42, to 10 years imprisonment after a federal jury found them guilty at trial in May 2019 on all charges in a child exploitation case spanning multiple jurisdictions.
The defendants faced up to life in prison for their crimes. As part of their sentences, the judge ordered that the defendants receive mental health and sex offender treatment as directed by the U.S. Probation Office, register as sex offenders under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, and pay restitution totaling $225,000.
The judge further ordered Mack Doak to pay a $30,900 mandatory special assessment and to be on supervised release for 15 years after finishing his prison term. The judge also ordered Jaycee Doak to pay a $25,600 mandatory special assessment and to be on supervised release for 5 years after finishing her prison term.
After the sentencing hearings, United States Attorney Moore said, “The investigators and prosecutors did their job. A jury of the defendants’ peers found them guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The Court has imposed substantial sentences of imprisonment. Our criminal justice system has worked as best we could expect. Still, we take little comfort in any of this because the damage to young lives here is so severe and so undeserved.
On August 31, 2018, a federal grand jury for the Southern District of Alabama indicted the defendants on one count of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a), a statute that criminalizes the transportation of minors across state lines with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. The grand jury returned a 9-count superseding indictment on March 29, 2019, charging the defendants with six counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a) and Mack Doak with three counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2241(c), a statute that criminalizes aggravated sexual abuse by prohibiting the crossing of a state line with intent to engage in a sexual act with a child under the age of twelve.
The jury heard three days of evidence during the trial, which began on May 20, 2019. According to the evidence introduced at trial, three child victims were abused for years by the defendants. The victims testified at trial that Mack Doak had sexually abused them in Texas, Florida, and Alabama and that they had disclosed the sexual abuse to Jaycee Doak, who was herself physically and verbally abusive and had tried to cover-up the sexual abuse.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge James Jewell stated, “Crimes against children are always a priority but when the men and women of the FBI can assist our state and local partners bring a sense of justice to these young victims then this prosecution is a success. The sentences handed down today from the courts will hopefully deter a predator from hurting a child in the future.
Key Facts
- State: Alabama
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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