Man who molested girl in Hernando County goes to prison for life
- January 13, 2011
BROOKSVILLE — Frank Torres knew he would spend the rest of his life in prison even before the judge handed down the sentence.
Torres, 53, was convicted of capital sexual battery last November. A jury found that he had molested a young girl over nearly three years in Hernando County. Four of the nine counts against him required mandatory life sentences.
But the words of his brother at the sentencing hearing Thursday, not the reading of the sentence, caused Torres’ shoulders to heave with sobs.
Robert Newmiller told the court that he knew firsthand the damage that Torres had caused because Newmiller himself had been molested as a young teenager — in church, by a senior pastor.
