A judge sentenced a 46-year-old Donna man to three decades in prison on Monday after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting four children, according to a news release.
“(Daniel) Vega was a family friend of all four victims,” the release from the Hidalgo County District Attorney’s office said. “They were abused by Vega at his home in Donna, TX when left alone with him.”
State District Judge Bobby Flores handed down the verdict on the convictions for aggravated sexual assault of a child, victim 10 years of age; aggravated sexual assault of a child, victim 7 years of age; indecency with a child, victim 14 years of age; and aggravated sexual assault of a child, victim 10 years of age.
Jail records list seven offense dates in 2011, 2012, 2017 and 2019.
“The road to healing will be long for these four victims but I hope they will find peace in knowing this criminal will be behind bars for the next three decades,” District Attorney Ricardo Rodriguez Jr. said in the release. “I commend (prosecutors) Laura Rodriguez and Nicole Rodriguez for obtaining a guilty plea and ensuring this violent offender will never hurt a child again.”
The Special Crimes Division prosecuted the case with the assistance of the Donna Police Department, Safe H.A.V.E.N., Doctors Hospital at Renaissance and the Children’s Advocacy Center of Hidalgo and Starr counties.
