Criminal alien sentenced for molestation of 7-year-old boy
February 3, 4:22 AM
Dave Gibson
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On January 22, Third District Judge Deno Himonas sentenced Jorge D. Gutierrez-Ortiz to 15 years to life, after the Mexican national, through the help of an interpreter, pleaded guilty to first-degree felony attempted sodomy on a child. The assault occurred last year in Salt Lake County, UT.

On Aug. 15, 2009, Gutierrez-Ortiz, 44, was loitering in the men’s room inside a West Valley City Burger king restaurant. The 7-year-old boy entered the bathroom while his mother was ordering food. When the boy turned to leave the restroom, Gutierrez-Ortiz blocked his path, pulled him into a stall and sexually assaulted him.

Gutierrez-Ortiz then fled the scene, brushing past the boy’s mother as he exited the restaurant.

At sentencing, prosecutor Cristina Ortega told the courtroom that he victim’s mother sensed something was wrong and acted on "a mother's intuition," walked into the restroom to find her son crying.

Video surveillance footage of Gutierrez-Ortiz released to the media prompted several tips, and eventually led police to one of the assailant’s former employers. Detectives arrested him at his house.

The boy's mother told Judge Himona her son is terrified to use the bathroom on his own now, fearing that he will again be attacked.

In an emotional statement, she said: “I want this man to pay for what he's done, so he can never do this to another child.â€