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WATSONVILLE MAN SENTENCED 07-09-10 06:00 a.v.

A Watsonville man, charged with beating his 3-year old nephew, was sentenced this week to spend 6 years in jail. 21-year old Jose Luis Ornelas Junior was sentenced Wednesday after he repeatedly punched his nephew in the face while the child was visiting relatives in Watsonville on March 18th. Prosecutors say the child suffered 2 black eyes and severe facial swelling. Ornelas was charged with felony child abuse after he was arrested. Meanwhile, the boy’s stepfather, 27-year old Armando Saldana, was also charged in the case, he pleaded no contest to one count of child endangerment on June 25th, and is awaiting sentencing later this month.

 

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