After a days-long trial at Santa Cruz County Superior Court and hours of deliberation on Thursday, jurors found a Rio Rico man guilty of child molestation.
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After weighing each defendantâs participation in a May 2018 kidnapping case in Rio Rico that included an extensive physical assault, the burning of a car and ransom for the victimâs release, Superior Court Judge Thomas Fink sent two local men to prison on Monday for their crimes.
Thomas Alegria, 42, was handed the maximum sentence of seven years in prison for one count of kidnapping, a Class 3 felony, and one count of arson, a Class 4 felony.