Child Molester Convicted and Sentenced to Serve 50 Years in Prison

The District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit announces the conviction of 38 year old Robert Alan Herndon on three counts of Aggravated Child Molestation, one count of Aggravated Sexual Battery, and one count of Incest in Glynn County Superior Court.

The case was prosecuted by Meghan Chitty and David Studdard.

On Wednesday, October 28 a Glynn County jury found Herndon guilty of the Aggravated Child Molestation, Aggravated Sexual Battery, and Incest of his 12-yearold daughter.

Following the verdict, Judge Stephen D. Kelley sentenced Herndon to 50 years in prison followed by life on probation on each count of Aggravated Child Molestation and Aggravated Sexual Battery. Judge Kelley also sentenced Herndon to 50 years in prison on the count of Incest, all of which are to run concurrently.

Given the aggravated nature of the charges, Herndon will not be eligible for parole, and he will serve every day of the 50-year prison sentence.

Evidence presented at trial showed that Herndon repeatedly molested his biological daughter from 2017 until 2020 at their residence in Glynn County. The victim was only 12 years old when the abuse began.

The victim lived with her maternal grandparents for the first several years of her life because she had no relationship with her father or her mother who struggled with drug addiction.

When the victim was around 10 years old, she moved in with him and his wife. The abuse began shortly after.

The victim, now 22, testified that when the abuse began if she resisted, Herndon would become physically violent. The abuse occurred on a regular basis and continued until the victim was able to move out in 2020. She did not report the crimes to law enforcement until June 4, 2024, due to concerns that she would not be believed.

The State’s last witness at trial was a woman who had also been molested by Herndon several years prior. The woman, now 33, testified that Herndon molested her in 2008 when she was only 14 years old.

The case was investigated by Deputy Sara Demonbraun with the Glynn County Sheriff’s Office. The District Attorney’s Office is grateful to Sheriff’s Deputy Demonbraun and District Attorney’s Investigator Stephen Ryals for their tremendous work in the case, and the District Attorney’s Office is also grateful to the prior victim who was willing to come to court and testify after so many years.