A former Bay Space metropolis councilmember was sentenced to 18 years in jail Friday for molesting an underage member of the family greater than 20 years in the past, prosecutors stated.
Omar Torres, who served on the San Jose Metropolis Council councilmember from 2023 till he was charged in 2024, pleaded no contest in April to fees of forcible sodomy, forcible oral copulation and molestation of a kid beneath 14, the Santa Clara district lawyer’s workplace stated in a press release.
He assaulted the kid for years starting within the late Nineties, solely stopping as a result of he was afraid he’d get caught, in keeping with prosecutors.
Torres, 43, was already beneath investigation for alleged sexual abuse of a minor when the member of the family got here ahead.
Throughout that preliminary investigation, a police affidavit alleged Torres was being extorted for tens of hundreds of {dollars} by a 21-year-old Chicago man who threatened to share nude pictures and different incriminating messages he’d despatched if Torres didn’t pay, the San José Highlight reported in October.
No fees have been filed on account of that investigation, the district lawyer’s workplace confirmed.
“Immediately’s sentence holds Omar Torres accountable for perpetrating horrendous crimes towards a baby,” Dist. Atty. Jeff Rosen stated in a press release. “This sentence sends a powerful message that nobody is above the regulation, and it’s by no means too late for justice. We admire the sufferer’s braveness to come back ahead to report the abuse he suffered.”
