Illegal immigrant sentenced to 364 days in jail for having sex with minor

4:59 PM, Mar. 11, 2011 | 16Comments

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PEGGY WRIGHT

MORRIS COUNTY — A 26-year-old who professes to love the young woman he impregnated when she was just 15 was sentenced Friday to 364 days in the Morris County Jail on his guilty plea to criminal sexual contact.

An illegal alien from Guatemala, Rolando Perez-Vincente was caught on August 29 hiding in the bedroom closet of a then-15-year-old girl, who lived with her parents in Morristown.

The teenager and Perez-Vincente at first advised police they were not involved in a sexual relationship but an examination of the girl at Morristown Memorial Hospital revealed she was pregnant, an arrest affidavit said.

The girl, now 16, gave birth to Perez-Vincente's son 2 1/2 months ago and says she loves the man she met through church.

Speaking in Spanish, the girl's father told Superior Court Judge David Ironson that he at first disapproved of the relationship but now he doesn't want Perez-Vincente to go to jail because the defendant and his daughter love each other.

Perez-Vincente pleaded guilty earlier this year to the fourth-degree charge of criminal sexual contact and must register upon release from jail as a sexual offender under Megan's Law. But defense lawyer Michael Fletcher said federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have a detainer on the defendant and he is likely to be deported to his native Guatemala.

In New Jersey, a person must be at least 16 years of age to legally consent to having sex with a person who is four years or more older. The girl had told authorities she started having sex with Perez-Vincente when she was just 14, the arrest affidavit said.

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