State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Randy Dindlebeck, 28, of Mechanicsville, Maryland, was sentenced to 75 years in prison with 24 years of active incarceration for felony sex abuse of a minor and related offenses.
A St. Mary’s County jury convicted Mr. Dindleback in May of 2023, after a three-day jury trial, for a series of sexual abuses against the same child between July and September 2021.
During the sentencing hearing, the victim’s mother requested Mr. Dindlebeck be sentenced to the maximum penalty of 75 years. The State supported and echoed the child’s mother’s request for the maximum sentence due to Mr. Dindlebeck’s violation and exploitation of his position of trust and the heinous nature of the offenses committed.
Mr. Dindlebeck was sentenced as follows:
- Count 1, Sex Abuse of a Minor: 25 years, with 15 years to serve;
- Count 2, Sex Offense Third Degree: 10 years, with 3 years to serve;
- Count 3, Sex Offense Third Degree: 10 years, with 3 years to serve;
- Count 4, Sex Offense Third Degree: 10 years, with 3 years to serve;
- Count 5, Sex Offense Third Degree: 10 years, suspended; and
- Count 6, Sex Offense Third Degree: 10 years, suspended.
Each sentence was ordered to run consecutive to the one(s) before it, for a total sentence of 75 years in prison with 24 years of active incarceration. Additionally, Mr. Dindlebeck will be placed on the sexual offender registry for life.
Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Sarah Proctor, Chief of the Special Victims Unit, prosecuted the case on behalf of the citizens of St. Mary’s County. Detective Corporal Trevor Teague of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office was the lead investigator.
The Honorable Joseph Stanalonis presided over the case.
