Texas man sentenced to life in prison for sexual exploitation of a 10-year-old child
TEXAS - A man who was convicted of sexually abusing a child for more than two years has been sentenced to life in federal prison.
Alex Mendoza, 26, of Lubbock, was indicted in May 2024 and pleaded guilty in August 2024 to enticement of a minor. He was sentenced on Friday.
The Crime
The backstory:
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Medoza first met the child and her mother at a party in 2020 when the child was 10. Mendoza was 22 at the time. Mendoza began messaging the child online and on Valentine's Day 2021, he began sexually abusing the child. The child was 11 and Mendoza was 23.
Soon after, court documents show, after he began abusing the child, he moved into the child's family home and lived there for two and a half years. Court documents say he had sex with the child approximately 30 to 50 times. He also sent messages to the child talking about sex and would remind the child to delete her messages.
In December 2023, he was caught sending messages to the child in the middle of the night from his bedroom down the hall. The child's mother confronted him about the messages, and he admitted to her mother to having an ongoing sexual relationship with the child.
New Details Emerge
Dig deeper:
At sentencing, Mendoza agreed to take a polygraph examination. He failed the polygraph. In his post-polygraph interview, Mendoza confessed to also sexually abusing a second child. A search warrant for Mendoza’s phone also revealed Mendoza to be in possession of 20 videos of child sexual abuse material. Mendoza admitted to law enforcement to receiving and distributing child sexual abuse material over the Internet.
What they're saying:
At sentencing, Judge Hendrix told Mendoza that he could not "capture with words the trauma you caused that will last for lifetimes." In imposing a life sentence, U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix said: "I have to make a lot of difficult decisions. This is not one of them."
Bradford County Man Sentenced to Up to 7 Years for Repeated Sexual Assault of Child
43-year-old Matthew Chapman has been sentenced to 15 months to seven years in prison for the repeated sexual abuse of a child.
As part of the sentence, Chapman must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Chapman of Sayre, was previously convicted by a Bradford County jury of indecent assault and corruption of minors.
“Our efforts to hold abusers of children accountable for their vile actions will never cease,” Attorney General Sunday said. “I commend the investigators and prosecutors — and of course, the brave survivor — who helped secure this conviction and the jury for their dedication to their task throughout this disturbing case.”
Seems like a pretty cheap sentence for the trauma he caused the little girl.
During the trial, it was revealed that the defendant assaulted the child on several occasions while she was sleeping. The defendant’s relationship to the child’s family allowed him access to the sleeping child.
Oahu man found guilty in child sex assault case
An Oahu man faces a maximum term of 20 years in prison with the possibility of parole after a jury found him guilty in Circuit Court on Friday for the continuous sexual assault of a minor under the age of 14.
The offenses occurred when the victim was 9 years old, according to a news release from the state Attorney General’s Office.
An Oahu jury found Jose Salas guilty of the Class A felony offense, along with four counts of third-degree sexual assault, which are Class C felonies.
The eight-day jury trial was presided over by Trish K. Morikawa. Sentencing is scheduled for July 10.
“This conviction reflects our unwavering commitment to protecting Hawaii’s children and ensuring that survivors of sexual abuse receive the justice they deserve,” Attorney General Anne Lopez said in the release. “We are grateful for the tireless efforts of law enforcement, victim advocates and our legal team, whose collaboration made this outcome possible.”
The case was investigated by the Honolulu Police Department, with support from the Children’s Justice Center and the Sex Abuse Treatment Center, the Attorney General’s Office said. Deputy Attorney General Loren Haugen was the lead prosecutor for the case.
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