A 33-year-old former Oak Harbor man was sent to prison after he admitted to violating the terms of a “special sex offender sentencing alternative.”

In 2017, Samuel Anderson pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court to two counts of child molestation in the second degree, one count of child molestation in the third degree and three counts of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes.

Anderson molested three girls, one of whom was just 12 years old. The crimes came to light after one of the victims, a 15-year-old girl, attempted to kill herself on Christmas Day. The police report states that Anderson molested her and then blackmailed her to send explicit photos to him.

Under a plea bargain, the prosecution and defense at the time recommended that Anderson be sentenced under a special sex offender sentencing alternative, or SSOSA, which is a program that allows certain first-time sex offenders to forego long prison sentences in exchange for agreeing to treatment and supervision.

The judge agreed and sentenced Anderson to 116 months in prison, with 104 months suspended under the SSOSA. The court imposed a list of conditions that he had to abide by.

In court Jan. 6, Anderson stipulated that he failed to comply by contacting one of the victims, having contact with minors and failing to complete sexual deviancy treatment.

As a result, the SSOSA was vacated and the judge ruled that the full sentence should be executed, with credit for time served.