A Victoria man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday after he pleaded guilty to the continuous sexual abuse of a child, according to a news releases from the Victoria County DA’s Office. 49 year old Joe Anthony Carrera was indicted last summer on four counts of sexual abuse of a child. He sexually abused a child over a six-month period from August 2021 and February 2022, beginning when the child was 6 years old. Sentences under this penal code section qualify for neither parole nor early release for good behavior and must be served day for day.