A New Mexico supermarket worker admitted putting his semen in yogurt ingested by a female shopper provided similarly tainted samples to at least four other women. The prosecutors have asked a judge to depart from federal guidelines so that the man can be sentenced to a lengthier prison term for his “perverted conduct.†He’s done, Click below to read the rest of the story.
In a motion filed last week in U.S. District Court, Department of Justice lawyers argued that Anthony Garcia would not be adequately punished if a judge followed federal sentencing guidelines. Garcia, 32, has a “low criminal history†score that that puts him in the “same category as first time offenders who have never had a single encounter with law enforcement authorities,†prosecutors reported.
Garcia has pleaded guilty to adulterating the yogurt and making false statements to investigators. While facing up to three years in prison on the first count and five years on the second charge, federal guidelines call for him to receive significantly less than the statutory maximums.
“Such categorization does not fairly reflect the far more disturbing portrait†of Garcia, prosecutors wrote in their January 25 motion for an “upward departure.†Pictured above, Garcia is scheduled to be sentenced on March 1.
In addition to the 29-year-old victim cited in Garcia’s indictment, at least four other women have told police that Garcia offered them suspect yogurt samples at the Sunflower Market in Albuquerque. Three of the women ingested the samples, which prosecutors believe were tainted with Garcia’s semen.
One woman said the yogurt “tasted funny†so she did not finish the sample. Another victim reported that the yogurt she ate was “gross.†A third woman reported that the yogurt “did not taste good and wanted to spit it out, but she could not find a trash can to do so.â€
