Bond denied for 18-year-old charged with sex abuse

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A mother walked into a bedroom in Millbrook on Thursday to find her 11-year-old daughter under 18-year-old Dokata Hollinger.

Those details plus a history of sexual encounters and texts in Elmore County Schools and in St. Louis, Missouri came out in an Aniah’s Law hearing Tuesday.

“The victim’s mother walked in to find her daughter on a bed with underwear down and (Hollinger) on top of her with underwear down,” Millbrook investigator Beilstein said from the stand. “The mother smacked him on the head to get him off.”

Hollinger was taken into custody when officers with the Millbrook Police Department arrived. 

The victim was interviewed by counselors at Butterfly Bridge Child Advocacy Center and admitted to sexual contact.

“But she was shy to say what occurred," Beilstein testified.

According to testimony, Hollinger spoke for 90 minutes with Beilstein and other investigators, during which time he admitted to sex and oral sex on multiple occasions since August 2024.

“There were apparently biweekly occurrences," Beilstein said. “He admitted to (an occurrence in) August, about three weeks ago and this occasion.”

Hollinger was charged with three counts of first-degree rape and one count of first-degree sodomy.

Beilstein testified that he had asked Hollinger why he did it.

“He said he was horny and desperate,” Beilstein said.

Hollinger’s mother April Moorer testified the family had moved around. They started in Elmore County, moved to Mobile County, then to Wilcox County and then to St. Louis. Moer said while in St. Louis, Hollinger, a juvenile at the time, exposed himself to his then 6- or 7-year-old.

“There was no touching involved,” Moorer said. 

Four years ago Moorer testified she and Hollinger returned to Elmore County. Hollinger was enrolled at Stanhope Elmore High School. He is currently a student of Elmore County Schools alternative school ICARE, but testimony at the hearing said he could no longer attend until this case was adjudicated. 

The district attorney’s office presented Hollinger’s school records in Elmore County including an individual education plan (IEP). It noted Hollinger had been diagnosed with ADHD and autism. The plan stated Hollinger could function socially and understood right from wrong.  

The records noted multiple messages between Hollinger and another SEHS student using Microsoft Teams and the school’s Chromebook. Beilstein said the records showed there was messaging back and forth.

Beilstein read one of the messages where Hollinger was seeking inappropriate images and videos.

“I still watch these videos you sent me last year,” Beilstein said the message read. “Could you send me more?

The other student tried to stop the sexting between the two. 

According to testimony, Hollinger also got in trouble at SEHS for inappropriately touching a girl.

The records also contained a handwritten note from Hollinger to another student about touching in the hallway.

Hollinger was then sent to ICARE. While there, another student reported Hollinger got oral sex off campus from a student.

Assistant district attorney Ragan Youngblood said every incident involving Hollinger in school records had been with a minor.

The incidents were investigated by school personnel and by the Elmore County Department of Human Resources.

Moorer testified she hasn’t spoken to her son since his arrest but stated Hollinger could live with his grandfather and grandmother if granted bond.

“He’s a good kid,” Moorer said. “He’s an outgoing kid. He has mental issues.”

Moorer said Hollinger is taking medications for ADHD and autism.

Beilstein said Hollinger told investigators he wasn’t cut out for prison and wanted two years probation. 

“He said he was a danger to society, especially around girls under 17,” Beilstein said. “He said he was a high risk to reoffend.”

Elmore County District Court Judge Ben Baxley denied a bond for Hollinger.

“He was caught in the act,” Baxley said. “There are six potential victims — that qualifies as a sexual predator. This defendant has a propensity to prey on those that need protection — our children.”