CA Swim Coach Given 6 Year Sentence For Sexually Assaulting 7-Year-Old

A former swim coach in Commerce, California has been sentenced to six years in prison for fondling a 7-year-old girl.

28-year-old Steven Matthew Garcia was arrested back in January and accused of sexually assaulting the young girl several times between October 2016 and January 2017. Prosecutors said the abuse occurred in the employee lounge of a local aquatic center, and that Garcia ordered the girl not to tell anyone. At his arraignment, he originally pleaded not guilty to six counts of committing a lewd act on a child, but now, multiple outlets are reporting that Garcia eventually pleaded no contest to two official charges.

Garcia ultimately faced a felony count of committing a lewd act on a child along with one misdemeanor indecent exposure charge. CBS Los Angeles reports that Garcia was sentenced to six years in prison and will have to register for life as a sex offender.

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Never swim alone
6 years ago

Neither Garcia or the arrested San Jose Coach in the bay area are on the USA swimming permanently banned list.

Bossanova
6 years ago

Hey guys, I see many of you are trying to one up each other with what you think the punishment should be, but none of you are really going all out. Can’t you come up with better

G.I.N.A
Reply to  Bossanova
6 years ago

Whatever the Indians did to the Jamestown folks .

Sean
6 years ago

So this girl will be 13 years old when her predator is released. Let that sink in… she will only be 13!! Talk about an injustice.

phelps swims 200 breast rio
6 years ago

Should have been a life sentence.

SVIRD
6 years ago

6 years is an appropriate punishment. Good job justice system.

Swimmer?
Reply to  SVIRD
6 years ago

Wow guys, sarcasm is dead.

Pvdh
Reply to  Swimmer?
6 years ago

Maybe try not to be sarcastic about the sexual assault of a child?

pine tree
6 years ago

At least this guy is getting punished, that’s an important thing. How often do these crimes even get reported or punished? I would prefer a stronger sentence though,

Carlo
6 years ago

I love California. Just 6 years. The liberal states are where you gotta be.

No death penalty if I kill a bunch of people in liberal states and liberal western europe while conservative slavic Russia and Ukraine gives the death penalty and liberal EU is not happy but russia says tells european union to butt off or else they will invade.

Damn I love the Slavs.

Uberfan
Reply to  Carlo
6 years ago

Killing someone proves killing is wrong amirite?

dmswim
Reply to  Carlo
6 years ago

That’s why Russia has a lower murder rate than Western Europe….oh wait, it doesn’t.

Uberfan
Reply to  dmswim
6 years ago

Correct, the death penalty doesn’t deter crime, if it does countries and states without it wouldn’t have the lowest homicide rates

CheatinVlad
Reply to  Carlo
6 years ago

It’s always snowing ❄️❄️ in California. In their prison system they practice catch and release. ?

Donald P. Spellman
Reply to  Carlo
6 years ago

Maybe if there wasn’t a bunch of people locked up for non-violent crimes (due to stupid mandatory minimum laws) then there would be more room to lock up creepy people like this?

Let’s not blame just liberals for the deficiencies of our justice systems.

G.I.N.A
Reply to  Carlo
6 years ago

The death penaltyin Russia is still on the books but has not been handed down by a court since 99 in Chechnya .( this would fall under war which several nations allow for ). It official,y is under moratorium countries .

There are of course ex judicial killings by ALL powers . As the great American philosopher Blondie said ” One way or another , I’m gonna get getchya getchya getchya ….’

Pvdh
6 years ago

Need to add a couple of 0’s to the end of that sentence.

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