.A Worcester man was penalized recently to 10 to thirteen years in state jail after information hailed through Facebook preceded him acknowledging to raping a young teen. Reynaldo Gonzalez, 52, acquired the sentence in Worcester Superior Court Oct. 7 after pleading guilty to several kid statutory offense and sexual offense fees. Gonzalez admitted in judge to raping the adolescent in 2017 when the sufferer was thirteen years of ages, and also to intimately assaulting them over a period of years, courtroom audio secured by the Telegram & Gazette shows.A district attorney read information of Facebook messages between Gonzalez and also the youngster, through which Gonzalez seemed to reference the assaults, as well as to threaten to utilize monetary utilize over the little one when they informed him to cease. " Quit touching me," the youngster wrote to Gonzalez, Aide District Attorney Thomas Ayres said. The reply, Ayres claimed, was for Gonzalez to talk to the youngster if they were actually awake as well as wanted to "get it over actually swiftly" just before making a monetary danger. The T&G is concealing even more relevant information on the criminal activities to prevent identifying the victim. The target cooperated with authorities, Ayres stated, informing them what occurred after Facebook warned the messages and also communicated to Condition Police regarding feasible child temptation. Gonzalez, that was actually currently a Degree 3 sexual activity lawbreaker prior to the new costs versus him, confessed the realities as checked out by Ayres in court of law held true. Gonzalez was dealing with subsequent-offense kid rape charges when originally prosecuted as well as hung on $35,000 bail in 2021. Nonetheless, the subsequent-offense component was dropped as a portion of his plea deal. Preventing a trial spares the demand for a victim to witness and, Ayres informed the court Oct. 7, the target of Gonzalez's criminal activity desired to place what took place previously. The prey assisted the sentencing referral, Ayres mentioned. He incorporated that while the target did not wish to talk, they preferred the court to recognize that, even with Gonzalez's actions taking a serious toll on their mental health and wellness as well as health, they are actually right now carrying out "very well" in their life. The removal of the subsequent-offense cost lowered the necessary minimum paragraph for Gonzalez from 15 to one decade. Worcester Superior Court Judge Valerie Yarashus imposed the paragraph that both sides had actually agreed to in the plea bargain: 10 to 13 years in state prison, followed by three years of trial. Gonzalez, who will provide his paragraph at Lancaster's Souza-Baranowski optimum protection condition prison, will definitely be actually required to undergo sex criminal procedure, sign up as a sexual activity transgressor and steer clear from the prey while on probation. Gonzalez, provided an opportunity to communicate at sentencing, briefly thanked the judge for approving the claim deal. His attorney, Michael J. Brothers, guaranteed the judge his customer comprehended the gravitational force of his unlawful acts. Brothers stated Gonzalez-- who has been jailed since 2021 and also are going to be attributed for 2,001 days responsible for lawyers-- has been actually "very introspective" in jail, without discipline issues. Gonzalez-- that informed the judge he possesses 2 adult children as well as transferred to the area in 2015 to work as a furnishings packer-- intends to "get a far better life for themself" after his sentence, his legal professional claimed, and also has actually created think about that. Inquired by Yarashus what those programs were, Brothers pointed out that Gonzalez, after accomplishing his probation, prepares to transfer to Puerto Rico, where the mass of his household resides.Gonzalez pleaded responsible to seven counts in overall including one count of youngster rape provoked through ten years or even even more grow older distinction, pair of matters of rough assault as well as electric battery of a kid under 16 and also one count of temptation of a little one under 16..