MAN GETS 368 YEARS IN PRISON; RAPIST-ROBBER SENTENCED.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer A Palmdale man was sentenced Thursday to 368 years to life in prison for a brutal home-invasion robbery in which two armed men raped four women and held four men hostage hostage, person held by another as a guarantee that certain actions or promises will or will not be carried out. During periods of internal turmoil, insurgents often seize hostages; recent examples include seizures of Americans and other foreigners by militants in for more than two hours. Richard Nieto, 30, showed no emotion as one of four victims present at his sentencing told the court that Nieto deserves his lengthy sentence, the prosecutor prosecutor Government attorney who presents the state's case against the defendant in a criminal prosecution. In some countries (France, Japan), public prosecution is carried out by a single office. In the U.S., states and counties have their own prosecutors. said. ``She said that what the victims had gone through in this case, they would have to live with for the rest of their lives,'' said Deputy District Attorney Kelly Cromer. ``She said it was justice to see the tables turned Tables Turned is a music licensing and broadcasting company launched at the College Music Journal's 2005 Music Marathon conference. It exists to help independent artists find new forms of revenue from their music in addition to record sales. and see this defendant made to suffer for what he had done to them.'' Nieto was found guilty in December by a Van Nuys Superior Court jury of 20 counts of robbery, assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. , rape and other sexual-assault charges. Superior Court Judge John Fisher
Saint John Fisher also John Cardinal Fisher (c. 1469 – 1535), was an English Catholic bishop, cardinal and martyr. said he agreed with prosecutors that the main goal in sentencing Nieto was to prevent him from committing any similar crimes in the future. Nieto made no statement. Sentencing for co-defendant Arturo Martinez, 27, was postponed to March 27 after Fisher granted a delay sought by Martinez's defense attorney, who said he needed more time. Martinez was convicted of the same 20 counts. Authorities said Nieto has served time behind bars before, having been convicted at age 17 in the gang-related shooting of a young man in Carson. Nieto and Martinez were charged in a January 1996 incident in which two armed men, one wearing a ski mask, entered an apartment in the 2000 block of Westwood Court about 1:30 or 1:45 a.m., apparently after following a man and two women from a Lancaster nightclub. Entering through an unlocked door, the intruders held the three - plus two other women and three men already at the apartment - for more than two hours. They tied up the four men, shooting at one but missing him. They robbed the victims of jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. and money, and systematically raped the four women. Once the intruders left, the victims were able to free themselves and called 911. During Nieto's preliminary hearing in February 1996, one of the women identified him in court as one of her assailants by the tattoos on the front of his thighs. The tattoo tattoo, the marking of the skin with punctures into which pigment is rubbed. The word originates from the Tahitian tattau [to mark]. The term is sometimes extended to scarification, which consists of skin incisions into which irritants may be rubbed to produce on his left leg was of a skull with the words ``Harbor Area The Harbor Area is the area along the Port of Los Angeles. It contains neighborhoods of Los Angeles (including Wilmington & San Pedro). Los Angeles City neighborhoods in the Harbor Area
A male victim also identified Nieto in court by a tattoo, this one of a 2-inch spider on the left side of his neck. |
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