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Man gets 120-day sentence for domestic violence cases
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Posted on Mar 26 2012
Superior Court associate judge David A. Wiseman has imposed a 120-day prison term on a man who was convicted in four cases for beating up his wife in front of their children.
John Mendiola Camacho was given credit for the 23 days he has already served in jail.
“The attacks on the victim were brutal with dangerous shoving of her, punches to the head and face and the pulling of her hair,” Wiseman.
The judge said the children had to witness most of this violence. On one occasion, Camacho even told the children to watch him beat up their mom.
“This, indeed, is a horrible part of their childhood that was thrust upon them by defendant’s actions,” Wiseman said.
The judge noted Camacho’s several contacts with the court for his acts of domestic violence. He said the family had to move out of their home and into a shelter on at least one occasion in order to avoid the danger Camacho posed to them.
The 42-year-old Camacho will start serving his sentence on April 13, 2012. He is expected to be released on June 26, 2012.
In the 2008 case, Wiseman sentenced Camacho to a year in jail, all suspended except for 45 days, for assault and battery. In the 2010 case, Wiseman sentenced him to a year in prison, all suspended except for 45 days, for assault and battery. In the 2011 case, Camacho was sentenced to a year in prison, all suspended except for 20 days, for obstructing justice. For the crime of disturbing the peace in the same 2010 case, Camacho was sentenced to six months, all suspended except for 10 days.
The sentences are to run consecutively; this means that the total prison term is 120 days.
For three counts of disturbing the peace in the same 2010 case, Wiseman sentenced Camacho to six months, all suspended except for 10 days. The sentences for the three counts shall run currently with the sentences for the other charges. This means the 10-day sentence is included in the 120-day total prison term in all cases.
Camacho was also required to pay a $600 fine and $25 court assessment fee.
After completing his prison term, Camacho will be placed on probation for two years.
In May 2011, a Superior Court jury found Camacho not guilty of child abuse but Wiseman found him guilty of beating up his wife.
