Former cop sentenced for 21 child sex offenses
SPRINGFIELD – Cited by a judge as “the most sordid case I have ever heard,” a former city police officer was sentenced on Thursday to two consecutive life terms in state prison for the rape and sexual assault of three young girls.
Pedro J. Martinez, a police officer for two decades before he resigned after his arrest last year, pleaded guilty in Hampden Superior Court to 21 sexual offenses. Some included allegations of incest involving attacks on two of his daughters.
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---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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