Gonzalo Cuevas Extradited, Tried, and Sentenced to 48 Years for Sex Crimes Against Three Children | News Channel 3-12

Goleta Man Sentenced to 48 Years in Prison for Years of Child Sexual Abuse

Re: People v. Gonzalo Gutierrez Cuevas, Santa Barbara County Superior Court Case Number 19CR03022 Santa Barbara County District Attorney John

Probation Department's Compliance Operation Yields Two Arrests

The Santa Barbara County Probation Department on July 17 conducted a countywide compliance operation with a focus on supervised clients convicted of sex offenses. During the action, 24 locations were visited and 12 searches conducted in the Santa Maria, Orcutt, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, and Goleta areas. In the Santa Maria area, the Santa Maria Police Department joined the Probation Department effort. Probation officers verified that individuals we…

Gonzalo Cuevas extradited, tried, and sentenced to 48 years for sex crimes against three children | News Channel 3-12

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – Gonzalo Gutierrez Cuevas, formerly of Goleta, was sentenced to 48 years in prison for repeated sex crimes committed against three children. Before Cuevas could be arrested for the crimes, he fled to Mexico in 2019 and he was eventually caught and extradited back to the country explained the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office. The Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office share that the alleged ab…

Former Goleta man sentenced to 48 years for decades of child sexual abuse

Santa Barbara County District Attorney John T. Savrnoch announced on Friday that Gonzalo Cuevas, 61, formerly of Goleta, has been sentenced to 48 years in state prison for three counts of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child.The sentence was handed down by Judge Pauline Maxwell in Santa Barbara County Superior Court.Cuevas fled to Mexico before his arrest but was extradited after a relentless investigation led by Detective Martha Sosa of the Santa…

Man sentenced to life in prison for sex crimes

CANDLER COUNTY, Ga. (WSAV) — Candler County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) announced Thursday that a man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years for crimes committed against an eight-year-old child. Herber Laniez Garcia was convicted of rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated sexual battery and three counts of child molestation. Herber Laniez Garcia, 40 The investigation stemmed from a call to St. Matthews Church Road involving a s…

Sparks man sentenced to life in prison for sexual crimes against a child

Following a guilty plea, to sexual crimes involving a child under 14, a Sparks man was sentenced to life in prison.