(BCN) — A Palo Alto man who oversaw janitorial work at a hospital was convicted of sexually abusing a subordinate in 2021 and mendacity to investigators about it, in response to the U.S. Division of Justice.
Onofre Salas-Lozano, 42, was discovered responsible on Jan. 31, 2025 of aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse by worry and making false statements to a federal agent, federal prosecutors stated in a press release Monday.
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Salas-Lozano labored as an evening supervisor for the janitorial providers contractor that cleaned the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Hospital, in response to prosecutors. In July 2021, Salas-Lozano trapped his sufferer in a affected person examination room late within the evening and compelled her to interact in sexual exercise.
“The victim suffered traumatic tissue injury during the assault, and DNA analysis confirmed the presence of Salas-Lozano’s sperm in the victim’s underwear,” prosecutors stated in a launch from the DOJ concerning the case.
On the time of the assault, Salas-Lozano was the sufferer’s direct supervisor.
The jury additionally discovered that Salas-Lozano lied to a VA Workplace of Inspector Common (OIG) particular agent throughout a subsequent investigative interview when he denied having sexual activity with the sufferer on that night or at every other time.
In keeping with prosecutors, at trial, Salas-Lozano testified he had consensual intercourse with the sufferer at another time and denied making a false assertion.
Salas-Lozano is going through a most penalty of life in federal jail on every depend of aggravated sexual abuse and sexual abuse by worry, and a most penalty of eight years in jail on the depend of materially false statements in a federal investigation.
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