Illegal immigrant expected to be deported after sex assault
By LILA FUJIMOTO, Staff Writer POSTED: August 7, 2009

WAILUKU - An illegal immigrant is expected to be deported after he serves an 18-month jail term for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl after giving her a ride from Makena.

Guillermo Duar-Alonso, 39, also was placed on five years' probation as part of his sentence Wednesday.

With his words translated from Spanish by an interpreter, Duar-Alonso said he wanted to apologize to the girl and her family.

"I never thought I would be in such a situation in my life," he said. "I am passing through a very hard time at this moment."

Defense attorney Chris Dunn said Duar-Alonso was "horrified" when he learned the girl was only 12 years old. Duar-Alonso agreed to plead to charges because he didn't want to retraumatize the girl through a trial, he said.

Duar-Alonso had pleaded no contest to three reduced counts of second-degree sexual assault and two counts of third-degree sexual assault of the girl on Feb. 22.

That day, police said, Duar-Alonso and the girl had been at a bonfire gathering at Puu Olai Beach, also known as Little Beach, in Makena. He gave her a ride and sexually assaulted her before driving her to her home in Kihei, according to police.

In a letter to the court that was written in Spanish and translated, Duar-Alonso said what happened "is truly a mistake." He said the girl told him she was 18. "And I trusted her," his letter said. "Afterward, we went to my house, and we were intimate. I was trusting in her, but it seems like she was lying to me about her age."

But Deputy Prosecutor Robert Rivera said Duar-Alonso was the liar.

When questioned by police, he gave his name as Pedro Rodriguez and provided different accounts about what he believed the girl's age was, Rivera said.

"He told police he knew who she was because he knew her baby sitter," Rivera said. "He knew she was not an adult."

Rivera said the plea agreement was reached, in part, because of the difficulty the girl had in testifying, which she did tearfully during a preliminary hearing that led to the original charges against Duar-Alonso.

The girl now lives on the Mainland, Rivera said, and is estranged from her parents.

That night, he said, the girl was stranded and crying because she had no ride.

"She is devastated by this," Rivera said. "She feels her family has been ruined by this."

He said it was important to the girl that Duar-Alonso be deported so she would not see him again.

"INS is really not sure which country he's from because he's got aliases and fraudulent documents," Rivera said. "He will be deported out of the United States."

Second Circuit Judge Joel August said that for similar offenses, most defendants have been sentenced to longer prison terms. But because of circumstances, including the victim's difficulty in testifying and Duar-Alonso's pending deportation, August said he followed a plea agreement calling for the jail term and probation.

Duar-Alonso also was ordered to participate in sex offender treatment and have no contact with any child, including the victim. He was required to comply with sex offender registration requirements and pay $54 in restitution.

If he is deported, Duar-Alonso will not have to comply with probation requirements, August said.

* Lila Fujimoto can be reached at lfujimoto@mauinews.com.



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