Lyle Daniel Montgomery - Serial Child Molesting Pedophile - GUILTY

Lyle Daniel Montgomery, 54, of Trinity, was convicted on Friday of sodomy in the second degree from acts stemming from the early 1980s, and will face sentencing on December 18.

The Attorney General's Office tried the case last week in Morgan County Circuit Court, and a jury returned a guilty verdict on Friday.

Specifically, the State produced evidence and testimony that Montgomery was a "preferential sex offender", one who has a predilection and unusual interest in sexual relations with young boys, in this instance, between the ages of 6 and 13.

The state's primary victim testified that he met the defendant in 1982 when he was 11 years old and the defendant was an employee at Funland Skating Rink in Decatur.

The victim testified that his mother became friends with Montgomery and soon began allowing him to stay alone at Montgomery's home four nights a week.

The victim testified that he was molested by Montgomery several times until he was 13 years old.

Three other men in their late 30s testified for the State as motive witnesses.

Each recounted their own individual molestations by Montgomery which fell outside the chargeable statute of limitations of January 7, 1982.

One testified that as a nine-year old boy in the late 1970s, he began doing odd jobs for Montgomery for pay.

He testified that he was sodomized hundreds of times at Montgomery's home and at least once in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and was photographed nude.

The next witness testified that Montgomery lured him with a pair of skates on his 13th birthday and molested him on multiple occasions, including in Montgomery's vehicle.

The last motive witness testified that he first encountered Montgomery when he and his sister were waiting on the school bus. The witness testified that he was eight years old and that Montgomery asked to take his picture. The witness finally testified that Montgomery befriended his mother and would take him skating and abuse him afterward at Montgomery's home.

In addition, the State produced testimony that a search of Montgomery's home in September 2006 yielded hundreds of pictures of unidentified boys between the approximate ages of 6 and 13, love letters to children, and a missing computer processing unit.

On cross-examination, the defendant admitted to skinny-dipping with young boys, sleeping in the bed with young boys, and giving gifts to young boys. The defendant claimed that his computer had recently quit working and that he drove to Huntsville and threw it in a dump.

"No matter how cold the case may be, my staff and I will pursue the apprehension and prosecution of criminal sex offenders," said Attorney General King. "I am committed to the re-examination of cold cases that involve criminal sex offenses against children so that the victims in these cases may have some semblance of justice."

Montgomery faces up to 20 years imprisonment and a fine of not more than $10,000 for the class B felony offense.