The Superior Court yesterday slapped a former coach of the Little League\u2019s baseball team with an eight-year prison sentence for sexually abusing and sexually assaulting two boys.<\/p>\n
Associate Judge David A. Wiseman sentenced Ramon Camacho San Nicolas to 20 years in prison, all suspended except for the mandatory minimum term of eight years, and a $5,000 fine, for sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree. Wiseman also sentenced the defendant to 10 years in prison, all suspended except for five years, and a $1,000 fine, for sexual assault in the second degree.<\/p>\n
The judge said the sentences would run concurrently. This means the total prison term for San Nicolas is eight years in prison plus a $5,000 fine.<\/p>\n
Wiseman gave the defendant credit for the two years he had already served in jail.<\/p>\n
He placed the defendant on probation and required him to register as a sex offender and submit to HIV testing.<\/p>\n
San Nicolas is prohibited from contacting the victims or having direct contact with any other minors during the probationary period.<\/p>\n
The judge ordered him to pay, if any, future psychological expenses to the victims and required him to perform 500 hours of community service.<\/p>\n
He ordered San Nicolas to pay a $100 court assessment fee plus probation fee.<\/p>\n
Wiseman said the community has launched a campaign against child abuse and \u201cthis court supports such campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the sentence is appropriate considering the seriousness of the crimes committed and to send a strong message to other potential child abuse offenders.<\/p>\n
In this case, Wiseman said, defendant\u2019s action has caused trauma not only to the victims but their entire families as well.<\/p>\n
He said one of the victims has been ridiculed by his peers and is so ashamed of himself.<\/p>\n
Wiseman also noted that San Nicolas is not a stranger to the criminal justice system, having been convicted for assault and battery in 2006.<\/p>\n
Before the sentence was rendered, San Nicolas asked for forgiveness from the victims and their families.<\/p>\n
\u201cI pray day and night. I promise it will not happen again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Attorney General\u2019s Office charged the defendant with two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree and two counts of sexual assault in the second degree in June 2006.<\/p>\n
San Nicolas and counsel Herbert D. Soll signed a plea agreement with the government, represented by assistant attorney general Rebecca Warfield.<\/p>\n
Last April, San Nicolas pleaded guilty to one count of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree and one count of sexual assault in the second degree.<\/p>\n
According to the plea agreement, San Nicolas will be sentenced to a maximum of eight years in prison and a maximum $50,000 fine.<\/p>\n
The factual basis of the plea agreement stated that on May 31, 2006, San Nicolas, at that time 39 years old, had sex with a 12-year-old boy. In May 2006, the defendant also engaged in sexual contact with another 12-year-old boy.<\/p>\n
At the time, San Nicolas was a firefighter at the Department of Public Safety.<\/p>\n
Soll refused to comment after the sentencing.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Saipan Tribune, Warfield said she is satisfied with the eight-year sentence.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt least the community will be safe for at least eight years and hopefully during that eight years a system will be put in place so that there can be some genuine movement toward rehabilitation of people who commit these types of offenses,\u201d Warfield said.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor said it is not sufficient that these kinds of people just be warehoused and then separated from the public. <\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, if someday they are going to be released, we really need to look toward putting a system in place to try to address some of the underlying issues,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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