Serial rapist sentenced to 60 years in prison

Ricardo Rosales, who pleaded guilty to 5 felony charges involving sexual assaults of 2 Fontana, CA women, was sentenced to 60 years in prison byJudge Dwight W. Moore in Fontana Superior Court on June 27. The charges stemmed from attacks on two women in September 2005. One assault happened at a hair salon, where a woman was sexually assaunted until she gave Rosales $100, and the second assault took place when the victim was walking down the street. Rosales was arrested a week later.

Court documents filed in the case show a pattern of sexual assaults since Rosales was 13 years old. In January and February 1998, Rosales carried out a series of sexual assaults and robberies in a women's restroom at a Riverside grocery store, according to court documents.
Rosales told investigators he would hide inside a bathroom stall and watch women in neighboring stalls before assaulting or robbing them at knifepoint. He was incarcerated in juvenile facilities for several years after being convicted of the Riverside assaults.

According to Deputy District Attorney Cary Epstein, Rosales is not eligible for release before 2056. If released, he'll have to register as a sex offender, and California SO registration always lasts for life.