Presiding Judge Robert Naraja handed down the sentence after a three-hour hearing yesterday.
Calvo was sentenced to eight years imprisonment for the offense of sexual assault in the second degree; eight years for the offense of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree; five years for the offense of sexual abuse of a minor in the third degree; and six months for disturbing the peace.
The sentences will run concurrently.
“We are very pleased with the sentence,” said Assistant Attorney General Brian Gallagher, who prosecuted the case.
The prosecution asked for 10-years.
“The sentence is a bit harsh anticipated,” Calvo’s counsel Anthony Long said, adding that they will appeal the “sentence.
He recommended two years imprisonment at the Department of Corrections facility; one year under home or custodial confinement with electronic monitoring and to be released to a third party custodian; and two years of supervised probation.
Naraja also ordered Calvo to perform 1,500 hours of community service: 750 hours while serving time at the corrections facility, and the other 750 hours in the community.
Naraja also required Calvo to pay a fine of $1,000; a $100 court assessment fee; and a $700 probation fee.
The fines will be deducted from his $15,000 cash bail.
Calvo will write a letter of apology to his victim, and will pay for her future psychiatric and counseling sessions.
Calvo will register as a sex offender,and undergo HIV testing.
Naraja granted Long’s motion to allow Calvo to report to the corrections facility on Monday morning because his parents would be leaving on Sunday.
Gallagher opposed the motion, saying that Calvo posed a danger to the community.
In sentencing Calvo, Naraja noted the gravity of the crime and the protection of the public.
Naraja took judicial notice of the seriousness and series of cases involving sex crimes.
He said Calvo has up to 25 months to get an expert on clinical psychiatry to testify that he has been evaluated, treated, and rehabilitated.
Calvo told the court that he wanted to return to community and continue serving it.
His father Isaac Maratita Calvo said: “God only knows what happened” between his son and the victim.
The victim, who was in the courtroom, was crying as she was being consoled by her relatives.
The victim’s aunt, Norma Seman Ada, said they don’t want the same incident to happen to any child or family.
She said “justice has been served.”
Another family member said she too was sexually assaulted by Calvo in 1997 when she was 16 years old.
She said other victims later told her of their experiences with Calvo.
In Nov. 2005, the Superior Court acquitted Calvo who was charged with sexual abuse of a child.
He was also charged with sexually abusing the victim’s sister, but this case was later dismissed.
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