Fannin County, Texas -- Cameron Ryan Burtram, 30, of Springtown, TX, was sentenced to 25 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division without possibility of parole in a guilty plea to the offense of Aggravated Sexual Assault of Child Under 10 on November 12, 2026. Judge Christina Tillett of the 336th District Court, presided over the plea.
The offense stems from a June 15, 2026, call to Bonham Police from a grandmother reporting that she had been surprised to find her 6-year-old granddaughter in the street in front of her house and the child had reported she had been sexually assaulted by Cameron Burtram.
Investigation led by Bonham Detective McCann revealed that the child had been left in Burtram’s care for approximately 15 minutes during which the assault occurred. The child related to the CAC forensic interviewer that while showing her videos on his phone, Burtram had hurt her by using his finger to penetrate her private area. The assault was ended when the child objected to him hurting her and the defendant was afraid someone would find out. It was shortly afterward the child told grandmother what had happened to her. Burtram, a family friend, had been a temporary guest in the family’s home at the time of the assault.
Ultimately, Detective McCann interviewed Burtram, who admitted that he had sexually assaulted the child as the child had described it, and otherwise corroborated the child’s outcry. District Attorney’s Office Victim Assistance Coordinator April Butner was instrumental in preparing a life-time protective order that will help prevent Burtram from ever interacting with the victim for the rest of her life.
Terms of the plea bargain required that the 25-year sentence will be fully served with no parole or early release.
“We take a hard line on keeping child sexual predators off the streets for as long as possible while also doing our best to not retraumatize the child through the ordeal of a trial, when possible,” said First Assistant Nathan Young who prosecuted the case. Young added, “Luckily this little girl had been taught that her privates were not for anyone else to touch and to tell an adult if something bad happened, rather than keep a secret that would have allowed the abuse to continue.”
