A former Arizona state lawmaker was sentenced to a 12 months in jail on Friday after being discovered responsible in February of sexual misconduct with a minor, in response to experiences.
KTVK in Phoenix reported that Otoniel “Tony” Navarrete was sentenced by a Maricopa County Superior Courtroom decide to at least one 12 months in jail and 10 years of supervised launch for his crime.
Navarrete can also be required to register as a intercourse offender.
The publication additionally reported that Navarrete’s legal professional plans to file an enchantment.
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Tony Navarrete reserving picture (Maricopa County Sheriffs Workplace)
On February 29, a Maricopa County jury delivered a break up verdict for the ex-Arizona state senator who had beforehand stepped down from his position over allegations of sexual misconduct.
FOX 10 in Phoenix reported that the jury delivered the break up verdict in a video supplied by officers with the courts, discovering Navarrete responsible of 1 depend of sexual misconduct with a toddler.
Navarrete additionally confronted a single cost of kid molestation, in addition to having sexual conduct with a minor, each of which he was discovered not responsible.
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Arizona state Sen. Tony Navarrete (Arizona Legislature web site)
There was a fourth cost of making an attempt to commit molestation of a kid, which was dismissed by a movement filed by prosecutors on Feb. 22.
The primary-term Democrat from Phoenix was arrested in August 2021 after allegations surfaced that he had sexual misconduct with a minor in 2019.
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Inside a courtroom with gavel in view. (iStock)
The station reported that the allegations concerned a boy he was residing with over a interval of a number of years, who accused Navarrete of touching him inappropriately when he was 12 or 13.
The sexual misconduct reportedly continued till the boy was 15.
Navarrete resigned from his submit due to the allegations and was changed by then-State Rep. Raquel Terán.
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Navarrete, 35, was elected because the state consultant for Arizona’s thirtieth District in 2016. He served one time period earlier than being elected to the state Senate in 2018.
