CASPER, Wyo.—A man accused of molesting a 7-year-old boy has been sentenced to three to six years in prison.
Twenty-eight-year-old Ray Donald Lucero is a former Mills resident who was arrested in Las Animas, Colo. He pleaded no contest to second-degree sexual abuse in July and was sentenced Thursday in Casper.
The Casper Star-Tribune reports that defense lawyer Rob Oldham requested that the judge consider a sentence that included some supervised probation and counseling. He said Lucero has struggled with his sexual identity for years and serving time in the Wyoming State Penitentiary wouldn’t allow him to get counseling.
But the judge said he didn’t have control over what resources were available in prison. He handed down the sentence requested by prosecutors.
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Information from: Casper Star-Tribune – Casper,
