Mt. Baldy man sentenced to 180 years to life in molestation case
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A Mt. Baldy man convicted of sexually abusing his ex-girlfriend's 12-year-old daughter was sentenced this afternoon to 180 years to life in prison.
Gabriel Jimenez Garcia, 42, was convicted by a jury in February of 12 counts of continuous sexual abuse of a minor. Prosecutors accused Garcia of raping the Montclair girl two or three times a month for a full year in 2007 and 2008.
Each of the 12 counts carries a sentence of 15 years to life, and Judge Stephan G. Saleson opted today to run each prison term back-to-back, bringing the total sentence to 180 years to life, said Deputy District Attorney Karen Schmauss.
The girl testified in a preliminary hearing last year that Garcia, a former cook at the Mt. Baldy Lodge, would visit her home every Tuesday to see the twins he fathered with the girl's mother.
When the girl's mother picked up her other children from school each afternoon, the girl and Garcia would be alone in the house and he would often force her to have sex, the girl testified.
Garcia's defense attorney, Robert Von Schlichting, said in West Valley Superior Court today that he would appeal Garcia's case, Schmauss said.
Yet....murderers and violent felons get WAY LESS TIME,only 25 to life.
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