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June 20, 2007

Victoria Child Predator Caught by Cyber Crimes Unit Receives 70-Year State Prison Sentence

Dionicio Robles, Jr. receives maximum punishment for child sex crimes

VICTORIA – A Victoria child predator arrested by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s Cyber Crimes Unit has been sentenced to 70 years in state prison for using the Internet to exploit children.

Dionicio Robles, Jr., 54, was sentenced Thursday in the 135th District Court to 20 years each on three counts of online solicitation of a minor, the maximum punishment for a second-degree felony. Judge Kemper Williams also sentenced Robles to maximum 10-year sentences on each of seven counts of child pornography possession, a third-degree felony. The online solicitation sentences will run concurrently with the pornography sentences, which were stacked, for a total of 70 years in state prison.

“The tough sentence by Judge Kemper Williams in this case sends a strong message: Texans will not tolerate criminals who prey upon our children,” Attorney General Abbott said. “The Cyber Crimes Unit will continue its aggressive crackdown on sex predators and child pornographers. We are grateful to Victoria County District Attorney Stephen Tyler and the Victoria Police Department for their tremendous assistance with this case.”