Woodruff Thomas Sparacio, 31, was charged in Sequoyah County District Court in Sallisaw in February in connection with the alleged abuse, which allegedly began when the victim was eight years old.
According to the Sequoyah County District Attorney's Office, Sparacio's attorney asked for the continuance because Crawford County, Ark., has a pending case against Sparacio that goes to trial next month.
According to court records, Roger Fuller, an investigator with the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office, received a phone call in October 2005 from an investigator with the Crawford County Sheriff's Office in Van Buren, Ark. The Crawford County investigator advised Fuller that a 17-year-old girl and her mother reported that the girl had been a victim of sexual abuse in Crawford and Sequoyah Counties. The girl reported that a former relative, identified as Sparacio, was the alleged abuser.
The Crawford County investigator questioned Sparacio, who allegedly admitted to the sexual abuse. Sparacio was placed under arrest by Arkansas authorities.
Fuller reported that the girl and her mother came to the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office in Sallisaw in October 2005 to make a report of the abuse that occurred in Sequoyah County.
The girl, who now lives in Fort Smith, Ark., told Fuller that the abuse began in 1995 when she lived on Dwight Mission Road and continued until 1999. The girl told police that Sparacio allegedly made her watch pornographic movies with him and touched her inappropriately. The girl also reported that she was sexually abused in Arkansas after moving to Alma, Ark., and at a home near Lake Tenkiller.
When Sparacio was questioned about the abuse in Sequoyah County, he told Fuller that he wanted to talk to his lawyer first. Fuller reported that he never heard back from Sparacio or his attorney.
According to Fuller's report, Sparacio is a registered sex offender in Oklahoma and has been convicted of felony sex crime charges, all after former conviction of a felony.
According to the Crawford County prosecuting attorney's office, Sparacio received a five-year suspended sentence for first-degree sexual abuse stemming from a case filed in May 2002. In that case Sparacio was ordered to pay $150 court costs and seek sexual abuse counseling.
Sparacio is currently facing two counts of rape in Crawford County, which allegedly occurred between 1996 and 2000. Those charges were filed on Sept. 27, 2005, according to Crawford County officials.
