(KRON) – A registered intercourse offender was convicted on 4 counts of kid sexual assault prices this month, in accordance with the Novato Police Division.
Novato PD mentioned they had been knowledgeable of a kid sexual assault case that occurred years prior in April 2022. The sufferer, who was 13 on the time, disclosed essential details about the assault in an interview with a detective specializing in youngster forensics.
The suspect was recognized as a intercourse registrant and Novato resident Brett Ortiz.
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Officers gathered proof that established possible trigger for an arrest. In 2022, Ortiz was arrested and booked into the Marin County Jail on 4 totally different youngster sexual assault prices together with threats of against the law with intent to terrorize.
On Feb. 5, 2025, Ortiz was convicted on all prices and sentenced to 75 years to life in jail.
Ortiz, in accordance with NPD, was beforehand convicted of a lewd or lascivious act upon a toddler below 14 in Kern County in 1989, failure to register as a Marin County intercourse offender in 1998 and indecent publicity in Marin County a 12 months later.
