KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — A registered sex offender found guilty by a Kaufman County jury last month of additional sexual assault charges was sentenced to 99 years in prison today by Kaufman County 422nd District Judge B. Michael Chitty.
KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — A registered sex offender found guilty by a Kaufman County jury last month of additional sexual assault charges was sentenced to 99 years in prison today by Kaufman County 422nd District Judge B. Michael Chitty.
55-year-old Pedro Segura Jr. was found guilty of one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony, by the jury on September 17, 2014, and, after hearing witness testimony in the sentencing hearing today, Judge Chitty sentenced Segura to 99 years in prison.
The charges against Segura stem back to January 2010, according to the indictment. Segura is accused of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 14 continuously from on or about January 1, 2010, through September 26, 2011.
A pre-sentence investigation report was conducted by Megan Taylor with the Kaufman County Adult Probation office. During an interview with Segura for that report, Taylor testified Segura admitted to sexually abusing his granddaughter, who was the victim in the current case, by touching her breast and vagina. Segura admitted to Taylor to also touching his step-daughter in a similar manner and to sexual contact with another unnamed woman without her consent.
Kaufman County Assistant District Attorney Lauren Cook also introduced Segura’s prior sexual contact conviction in Harris County in 1991 which required him to register as a sexual offender for life.
“We’re very satisfied with the sentence,” Cook told inForney.com. “We wanted life, but happy with 99. We’re glad its over for the family.”
During a victim impact statement, the mother of the abused child called Segura a "demon" and said, "You had a chance to be a father and you failed at that. You had a chance to be a grandfather and you failed at that. You took the innocence from my daughter."
Segura was remanded into the custody of the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office after the sentencing and will be transferred to the Texas Department of Corrections prison system.
