Ernesto Velasquez-Jimenez
An Elgin man convicted in October of sexually assaulting a baby acquired a 49-year jail sentence, the Kane County state’s legal professional’s workplace introduced Saturday.
Ernesto Velasquez-Jimenez, 36, was convicted in October of three counts of predatory prison sexual assault of a kid and 7 counts of aggravated prison sexual abuse of a kid. The defendant should register as a intercourse offender for the remainder of his life.
Velasquez-Jimenez abused the kid, who was below 13, a number of occasions between October 2021 and June 2023, in accordance with a ready assertion from the Kane County State’s Legal professional. Prosecutors additionally launched proof the defendant abused the sufferer’s sibling in DuPage County.
“The defendant’s repeated conduct will perpetually change the lives of the kids he abused, however their bravery in coming ahead will be certain it won’t occur once more,” mentioned Kane County State’s Legal professional Jamie L. Mosser in a ready assertion.
Mosser praised the survivors for coming ahead, saying “their sufferer affect letters had been heard and considered on this 49-year sentence. Their voices held the defendant accountable for his crimes and can defend another kids from being victimized” by him.
Mosser additionally thanked Bikers Towards Little one Abuse and the Elgin Disaster Middle “for his or her continued advocacy by means of sentencing.”
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