Friday, 29 March 2024

Hidden Valley lake man gets six-year prison sentence for sexual assault

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A Hidden Valley Lake man has received a six-year prison sentence for the April 2011 sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl.

On Wednesday Frank Joseph Vivero, 21, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Stephen O. Hedstrom to six years and eight months in state prison for sexual assault.

Vivero had pleaded guilty to one felony count of violating Penal Code section 261(a)(3), rape of a juvenile female, and one felony count of violating Penal Code section 261.5(c), statutory rape involving a second juvenile female, according to the Lake County District Attorney's Office.

According to investigation reports, on April 18, 2011, at approximately 5:20 p.m., sheriff’s deputies responded to the Coyote Valley Elementary School in Hidden Valley Lake on a report that several juveniles were drinking alcohol on school grounds.

As deputies arrived in the area it was further reported that a 14-year-old girl was lying unconscious near the rear of the school. Vivero was detained at the scene by deputies, officials reported.

Further investigation revealed that Vivero was previously acquainted with the unconscious girl. She had allegedly contacted him on the afternoon of April 18 and suggested that they hang out. She and a juvenile female friend obtained a 1.75 litre bottle of vodka and met Vivero at Coyote Valley Elementary School.

The three spent the rest of the afternoon consuming the vodka, according to the investigation. At one point Vivero began kissing one of the girls who was extremely intoxicated. Shortly afterwards Vivero began having sex with the intoxicated and unconscious juvenile, and at some point had sex with the other juvenile.

During a subsequent interview with a sheriff’s investigator, Vivero admitted to having intercourse with the two juveniles, officials reported.

Vivero was represented by David Markham. The case was prosecuted by Senior Deputy District Attorney Ed Borg from the Lake County District Attorney’s Office.

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