San Diego CA -Illegal immigrant sent to prison for molesting Poway boy

The convictions, considered violent felonies, required that Nava serve at least 14 years in prison, prosecutor Dino Paraskevopoulos said. Nava also is required to register as a sex offender.

Nava, a Mexican native, was arrested July 17 in Poway, the same day he befriended the boy, gave him alcohol, and took him to an encampment in a wooded area, where he assaulted him, a prosecutor said.

The boy reported the assault to a Poway man who was running nearby. Sheriff's deputies used a helicopter equipped with a heat-seeking sensor to find Nava, officials said.

The arrest prompted a crackdown on illegal encampments in Poway.

Nava was shackled for his court appearance Thursday and wore a headset to understand Superior Court Judge Frank Brown's sentencing with the help of a translator.

The boy and his family were not in court Thursday to make statements, as some victims do during sentencing hearings.

Paraskevopoulos said the boy, police detectives, doctors and other witnesses were prepared to testify during Nava's preliminary hearing in November prior to Nava's plea.

“Anonymity is paramount,” Paraskevopoulos said, noting that the boy and his family are satisfied with Nava's conviction.

“He is doing much better,” Paraskevopoulos said of the boy. “This essentially was devastating to him and his family. They are relieved that they didn't have to testify and go under cross-examination, and essentially relive this violent crime.”

Nava also pleaded guilty to a felony charge of using false documents to conceal his citizenship status. Brown ordered that Nava serve five years for that crime concurrently with the 16-year sentence.

Nava, who worked at a car wash in the area, has no known address and is believed to have been illegally in the country since May, Paraskevopoulos said.

His public defense attorney, Katherine Lynne Braner, declined to comment

Hope they have tigers there.

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Why should he have to register as a sex offender?  When he is released he is supposed to be deported.  Is he to register in Mexico or are we to understand that he will remain here?  Want to make a guess?  He should have been shot on sight and I can tell you honestly that if this were my son or grandson I would be the one on trial because I indeed would have shot him.