A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A GIRL UNDER 13 YEARS OLD HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 53 YEAR OLD TONY DARRELL WINSTON PLED GUILTY TO FOUR COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY. HE WAS ORDERED TO SERVE EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON. WINSTON WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE COMMITTED THE CRIME AGAINST A FORMER GIRLFRIEND’S DAUGHTER AT A RELATIVE’S HOUSE BETWEEN NOVEMBER 2002 AND JULY 2004. HE WAS PREVIOUSLY ORDERED TO SPEND THREE AND-A-HALF YEARS IN PRISON IN SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY OF THE SAME GIRL. WINSTON HAD ALSO BEEN INVESTIGATED IN TROY MICHIGAN ON SIMILAR ALLEGATIONS.