COACH GETS 10 YEARS IN SEX ATTACKS ON BOYS.Byline: RICK COCA Staff Writer SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. -- A Sylmar High School Sylmar High School is a public school in the northeast San Fernando Valley in the Sylmar district of Los Angeles, California. Established in the 1950s, it is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, District 2, and serves more than 3,600 students in grades 9-12. soccer coach was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday after his no-contest plea in January to sexually assaulting several boys, authorities said. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Superior Court Judge Shari Silver handed down the sentence to Eduardo Colocho, 28, who worked at the high school for six years as an office clerk and assistant soccer coach. He was arrested in September on suspicion of sexually assaulting a student. In January, Colocho pleaded no contest to four felony counts, including sodomy sodomy Noncoital carnal copulation. Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions. Some sodomy laws, particularly in Middle Eastern countries and those jurisdictions observing Shari'ah law, provide penalties as severe as life imprisonment for homosexual intercourse, even if the of an unconscious victim and three counts of oral copulation copulation /cop·u·la·tion/ (kop?u-la´shun) sexual union; the transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals. cop·u·la·tion n. 1. of a person under 18. Colocho was originally charged with 15 felony counts and two misdemeanors. He allegedly assaulted 11 teens between 14 and 17 years old. Deputy District Attorney Michael Grosbard said he was satisfied with the sentence. ``The victims will not have to testify, which is difficult in these kind of matters, and society will be protected for a significant amount of time,'' he said. Colocho is eligible for parole in five years. rick.coca(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3329 |
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