Man who attacked, uncovered himself to Corona lady is sentenced to greater than 6 years in jail

RIVERSIDE — A 44-year-old man who assaulted a Corona lady strolling to highschool, stripping bare whereas holding her and attempting to tug her into bushes earlier than she bought away, was sentenced Wednesday to 6 years, two months in state jail.

Carlos Lorenzo Martinez of Corona pleaded responsible final month to contacting a minor for the aim of perpetrating a sexual offense, assault leading to nice bodily harm and indecent publicity underneath a plea settlement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. In trade for Martinez’s admissions, prosecutors dropped three associated fees towards him.

During a listening to Wednesday on the Riverside Hall of Justice, Superior Court Judge John Molloy licensed the phrases of the plea deal and imposed the sentence stipulated by the prosecution and protection.

According to a post-preliminary listening to temporary filed by prosecutors, the 12-year-old sufferer was on her option to Cesar Chavez Elementary School on the morning of Oct. 13, 2021, passing the realm of Paseo Grande and West Ontario Avenue, when Martinez rode by her on a pink-and- white bicycle, sporting a brilliant pink gown.

The defendant dismounted from the bike and commenced strolling with it towards the kid, mumbling repeatedly “candy child lady” in Spanish, which the sufferer understood, the temporary acknowledged.

The lady instantly feared that she is perhaps sexually assaulted, so she tried to run.

Martinez threw the bike into her again, inflicting her to fall onto the sidewalk, based on the prosecution.

“The defendant then grabbed the kid fairly violently,” the temporary mentioned. “He was holding her aggressively with each palms.”

Martinez started dragging the petrified lady towards bushes, which a number of passing motorists observed, prompting them to cease and name 911.

“The defendant disrobed to the place he stood above the sufferer bare, exposing his penis to this youngster,” based on court docket papers.

The lady broke away from Martinez and bolted towards a stopped faculty bus on the other facet of the road. She boarded it for security, and Martinez remounted the bike, using away “utterly bare,” the prosecution mentioned.

Patrol officers responding to eyewitness experiences positioned the defendant inside minutes and took him into custody with out incident.

When requested by detectives whether or not he suffered from any psychological well being issues, he mentioned no, prosecutors mentioned.

Court data present that Martinez had traffic-related misdemeanor convictions however no felonies in Riverside County.