Watsonville man pleads guilty to raping child
A Watsonville man pleaded guilty to forcibly raping a child over a three year period.
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office began investigating the case in April of 2017, after the victim, then age 16, told a friend about the abuse.
Detectives served a search warrant at 45-year-old Sergio Arturo Menera’s home and found 17 recently used condoms containing DNA from Menera and the victim.
Menera will be sentenced to a stipulated term of 34 years in state prison. A hearing has been set for Dec. 21, 2018. Menera is required to register as a sex offender.
