11/8/23

A MAN FROM CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 46 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN CHINO VALLEY. FORTY-YEAR-OLD BACILIO BORQUEZ OF VISALIA WAS FOUND GUILTY BY A YAVAPAI COUNTY JURY IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. THE YAVAPAI COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE REPORTS BORQUEZ LEFT CHINO VALLEY AND RETURNED TO CALIFORNIA WHEN POLICE BEGAN THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE SEXUAL ASSAULT. BORQUEZ WAS THEN EXTRADITED BACK TO YAVAPAI COUNTY. 

COUNTY ATTORNEY DENNIS MCGRANE SAID, "CRIMES SUCH AS THIS HAVE NO PLACE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. MY OFFICE AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS WILL RELENTLESSLY PURSUE THOSE WHO TARGET AND ABUSE CHILDREN. OUR COMMUNITY MUST STAND TOGETHER TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. I ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO BELIEVES THAT A CHILD IS BEING ABUSED TO REPORT THEIR SUSPICIONS."