Posted on 04/28/2024 5:08:19 PM PDT by lowbridge
A court has sentenced a former Democratic Arizona state lawmaker after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a child. He was convicted in February of molesting a young teenage boy that he was caring for at the time.
Sen. Otoniel Navarrete on Friday was sentenced to only one year in prison for his crime.
A former state lawmaker found guilty of one charge of sexual conduct with a minor was sentenced to one year in prison on Friday, a far cry from the 49 years he initially faced.
With good behavior, former Arizona Sen. Otoniel “Tony” Navarrete could be released earlier.
A jury in February found Navarrete guilty of sexual conduct with a minor aged 15 or older, a Class 6 felony. The Phoenix Democrat was acquitted of one count of child molestation and another sexual conduct charge.
According to the Arizona Republic, Navarrete turned down a 60-day sentence followed by 10 years of supervised probation because that deal meant he would have to admit guilt in the crimes. He had maintained his innocence in statements after the indictment was released.
He was arrested in 2021, amid his third term as a state lawmaker. Navarrete faced 49 years in prison for his crimes involving multiple minors, but a November 2023 mistrial washed away most of those charges.
The victim, who was between the ages of 13 and 15 when he was molested, told the court during the trial that he lived with the lawmaker even after being sexually assaulted, because he had been living in a “dysfunctional” home.
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Poster decided not to comment because poster might get banned for thinking what he needs...just hang the ******* moron!!
Only one lousy year? Sheesh.
Thanks for raising the Democrat-not-Democratic point.
Democrat lawmaker! Not democratic lawmaker. There is nothing democratic about Democrats.
Two of his victims were his nephews. Reading is fundiMENTAL.
Cruel and unnecessary reply.
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