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Sex Offender Sentenced Up To 15 Years In Prison
May 8, 2006

A convicted sex offender is behind bars tonight.

Hermene Gildo Resendiz pled guilty to one count of lewd conduct and was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for molesting his girlfriend’s 13-year-old son.

The judge decided on a minimum of four years to be served.

Judge St. Clair said in order to protect the 13-year-old boy and deter others from doing the same thing, he sentenced Resendez to that possible 15 years with the mandatory time of 4 years minimum in prison.

The victim’s mother submitted a letter saying, “Trust me. My life will never be the same. He stole it from all of us. He is an animal.”

The defense attorney, Jeremy Stafford said that Resendiz has serious mental health problems. He pointed out that when the police came to arrest him, Resendiz stabbed himself with a big knife, saying he wanted to feed the devil with his blood.

After serving his sentence, Resendiz will be deported because he is an illegal immigrant from Mexico.

In addition to the prison sentence, Resendiz must pay over $2,000 in fines.