Louis Lopez, 38, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child (a child under 14 years old) and 20 years in prison for Sexual Assault of a Child (a child under 17 years old). In August of 2022, a victim found out she was pregnant after feeling ill. Detectives from Pleasanton Police Department began working the sexual assault case with the Children’s Alliance of South Texas, and discovered that Lopez was the father. While investigating the case, a second outcry from another child, was made. She outcried that the defendant began abusing her when she was 7 years old. Lopez pled to a cap of 20 years on the Sexual Assault of a Child charge, the maximum under the law, and pled to a cap of 35 years for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child for the second victim. After considering the facts and the testimony of the one victim's parents, Judge Russell Wilson sentenced the defendant to 20 years for the Sexual Assault of a Child and 35 years for the Aggravated Sexual Assault charge plus a $10,000 fine on each case. Judge Wilson also granted lifetime protective orders for each of the victims in this case. One of the victims suffers from mental illness, and this plea bargain protected both victims from the stress of testifying and being cross-examined and guaranteed a conviction. As part of the plea, the defendant was required to waive all appeals. We hope the children can close this chapter and continue the healing process while knowing they will be safe from Lopez. Thank you to Brittany Ibara from the probation department for preparing the presentence investigation report, Children’s Alliance of South Texas for their forensic interviews of the children, and Lt. Jordan Harren of Pleasanton PD for his investigation. I am grateful to my Asst. DA Ryan Wright for seeing that justice was served.
