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04-07-2009, 03:22 PM #1
CA-Father pleads no contest in daughter selling
Father pleads no contest in daughter selling
The Associated Press
Published: Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2009 - 5:44 am
SALINAS, Calif. -- A Greenfield father (illegal immigrant) accused of selling his 14-year-old daughter into marriage in exchange for $16,000, beer and meat has pleaded no contest to felony child endangerment.
Marcelino de Jesus Martinez had pleaded not guilty in February to procuring a child for lewd acts, aiding and abetting statutory rape and child endangerment. If convicted, he faced 10 years in prison.
Monday's plea means the 36-year-old father will be sentenced May 7 to up to a year in jail followed by deportation.
Prosecutors say Martinez and the family of Margarito de Jesus Galindo negotiated a marriage and dowry contract. Galindo and the girl allegedly lived together for week.
Martinez went to police to get his daughter back because payment wasn't made.
http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/1761320.html
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