A former Arizona state lawmaker was once sentenced to a yr in jail on Friday after being discovered to blame in February of sexual misconduct with a minor, consistent with experiences.
KTVK in Phoenix reported that Otoniel “Tony” Navarrete was once sentenced by means of a Maricopa County Awesome Courtroom pass judgement on to 1 yr in jail and 10 years of supervised liberate for his crime.
Navarrete could also be required to sign up as a intercourse wrongdoer.
The newsletter additionally reported that Navarrete’s lawyer plans to report an enchantment.
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Tony Navarrete reserving picture (Maricopa County Sheriffs Place of work)
On February 29, a Maricopa County jury delivered a cut up verdict for the ex-Arizona state senator who had up to now stepped down from his position over allegations of sexual misconduct.
FOX 10 in Phoenix reported that the jury delivered the cut up verdict in a video supplied by means of officers with the courts, discovering Navarrete to blame of 1 rely of sexual misconduct with a kid.
Navarrete additionally confronted a unmarried price of kid molestation, in addition to having sexual behavior with a minor, either one of which he was once discovered no longer to blame.
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Arizona state Sen. Tony Navarrete (Arizona Legislature web site)
There was once a fourth price of making an attempt to devote molestation of a kid, which was once disregarded by means of a movement filed by means of prosecutors on Feb. 22.
The primary-term Democrat from Phoenix was once arrested in August 2021 after allegations surfaced that he had sexual misconduct with a minor in 2019.
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Within a court docket with gavel in view. (iStock)
The station reported that the allegations concerned a boy he was once dwelling with over a length of a number of years, who accused Navarrete of touching him inappropriately when he was once 12 or 13.
The sexual misconduct reportedly persevered till the boy was once 15.
Navarrete resigned from his publish as a result of the allegations and was once changed by means of then-State Rep. Raquel Terán.
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Navarrete, 35, was once 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.
