Sex offender Back in Jail After Violating Probation Conditions

 

A San Angelo man completing seven years of probation found himself in jailer’s custody again on Monday after being unsuccessfully discharged from a mandatory sex offender therapy on April 7.

On Oct. 18, 2007, 50-year-old Tomas Flores Torres pled guilty to a charge of aggravated sexual assault of child in Judge Ben Woodward’s 119th District Court. The sexual offense was committed against a female victim then under the age of 14 on Oct. 15, 1997.

Torres was sentenced to seven years probation for the charge, however repeated violations have resulted in the terms of his supervision being amended three times over the past four years.

The first two violations came in January and February 2010, when Torres failed to pay fees and was found to have attended the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo Carnival, a violation of restrictions placed on him as a sex offender. For these two violations, Torres was sentenced to a week in Tom Green County Jail, which commenced on April 2, 2010.

When Torres again failed to make payments in 2012, made contact with a person under 17, and was found to be within 1,000 feet of Spring Creek Marina Park, his conditions were once more amended, resulting in confinement in the county jail for eight alternating weekends.

Recently, Torres was unsuccessfully discharged from sex offender therapy, and was once again ordered to jail, this time for 14 days.

Torres was booked into the jail on Aug. 4, where he will remain for the next two weeks. 

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Val1, Thu, 08/07/2014 - 11:48
I see he got to serve some time on weekends which means he shows up after 5pm on Friday and gets out at noon on Sunday for at least a 3 day credit. Kinda sucks since he shouldn't be out at all. I noticed a couple of weeks ago they convicted a 71 year old man for possession of under 2 ounces of pot. He got a fine of at least $400 and a 120 day jail sentence. No probation for him. Of course after doing the 3 months maybe they would leave him alone instead of a year probation. I coulda swore Texas passed a law a year or two ago making a minor possession charge supposedly equal to a traffic violation. I must have been wrong. These people with weed are no doubt much more dangerous to our young girls. What a freaking joke our local system is. I concur with Big Daddy!
If this guy keeps molesting children, the judge might impose a curfew on his probation next time.

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