William Allen Goodwin III

A John Day man was sentenced to 68 months in prison after pleading guilty to a sex crime.

William Allen Goodwin III, 28, pleaded guilty to Attempt to Commit a Class A Felony – Unlawful Sexual Penetration in the First Degree Nov. 17, according to the judgment signed by Grant County Circuit Court Judge William D. Cramer Jr. Goodwin was sentenced to 68 months in prison, with 10 years of post-prison supervision, and was ordered to register as a sex offender.

Goodwin was indicted May 23 on charges of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration and first-degree sexual abuse to a single victim younger than 12 between March 1, 2015, and Oct. 1, 2015, in Grant County. He originally pleaded not guilty to the crimes in September, and a trial was scheduled to begin Dec. 19.

The Grant County District Attorney’s Office elected to prosecute Goodwin with the lesser included charge of Attempt to Commit a Class A Felony, to which he pleaded guilty. The attempt-to-commit charge is a Class B felony. The first-degree sexual abuse charge was dismissed.

According to the judgment, the court increased the sentence beyond what sentencing guidelines typically specify because of the vulnerability of the victim and the stipulation of the parties.

Goodwin may not be considered for any form of reduced sentence, conditional or supervised release program, temporary leave from custody or work release. The judgment recommends the Department of Justice review Goodwin’s “situation as to where to place him for safety purposes based on threats of harm to him.”

As conditions of post-prison supervision, the court recommended sex offender treatment, full disclosure and maintenance polygraphs and no contact with the victim or other minors until approved by a treatment provider and determined by alleged victims to be in their best interest.