Man Gets Life For Sexual Assault Of First-Grader
Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010
By DAYNA WORCHEL
Tyler Morning Telegraph Staff Writer
A Smith County jury found a Tyler man guilty on Tuesday of aggravated sexual assault of a child and gave him a life sentence in state prison.
Efrain Contreras, 40, will have to serve 30 years before he is eligible for parole, said Smith County Assistant District Attorney Joe Murphy, who prosecuted the case in the Smith County 241st District Court, with Judge Jack Skeen Jr. presiding. Contreras also was assessed a $10,000 fine.
Contreras sexually assaulted a 6-year-old girl in May 2009 during the time he stayed at the home of her mother, a prostitute who brought paying clients into the same bedroom where her children slept. The mother was present during the time Contreras raped the child and did nothing to stop it from happening, Murphy said.
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