Salem man sentenced to 75 years prison for sex abuse involving child younger than 12

October 16, 2008

A 36-year-old man will spend the remainder of his life in prison for three convictions of sexual abuse involving a child.
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Francisco Almanza-Garcia, 36, received 75 years in prison on Tuesday from Marion County Circuit Judge John Wilson.

Almanza-Garcia's sentencing comes under Oregon's "Jessica's Law" that went into effect April 2006.

The law mandates that class A felony sex offenses involving a child under 12 carry a 25-year minimum sentence.

Almanza-Garcia was convicted of two counts of first-degree rape and one count of first-degree sodomy involving a child under the age of 12, said Marion County Deputy District Attorney Nicole Theobald, who prosecuted the case.

Almanza-Garcia knew the child before the offenses occurred, Theobald said.

Almanza-Garcia received consecutive sentences for each of his three counts, Theobald said.

In November 2007, Michael David Robinson of Salem received 138 years in prison under the same law for eight convictions of sexual abuse involving two young children.

Almanza-Garcia was indicted Aug. 7, 2007, and pleaded not guilty Sept. 11, 2007.

He was found guilty after a one-day trial Sept. 11 in front of Wilson.

Federal immigration charges also are pending against Almanza-Garcia, jail documents show.

Almanza-Garcia is from Mexico and had been living in the Salem area for less than a year, according to his attorney Mark Obert.