A former San Jose officer was sentenced Wednesday to 8 months of house arrest, three years of probation and a life of being registered a intercourse culprit after being convicted of intercourse acts with teenage boys.

Patrick D'Arrigo, 44, confronted a most sentence of 3 years and 8 months in jail for 2 counts stemming from sexual encounters with a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old at his Gilroy house in 2008.

Stuart Scott, the Santa Clara County deputy district legal professional who prosecuted the case, mentioned he "argued very aggressively for important incarceration." He mentioned that at the same time as he could have favored to look D'Arrigo locked up, Awesome Court docket Pass judgement on Kenneth Shapero "gave an excessively neatly idea out, articulated rationalization" of why he was no longer handing out prison time that concerned "balancing the totality of the circumstances."

"Ultimately it is the discretion of the court, and i am under no circumstances going to question his authority," he mentioned. "We simply disagree."

Scott stated that even though the acts have been consensual, prison time is so as on account of D'Arrigo's status as a police officer.

"This is a man who's other than different defendants, in contrast to any person who has no obligations, he placed on a uniform, raised his proper hand and swore an oath to give protection to and defend," he stated. "He must be held to the next standard, and that comes to important incarceration."

However, Scott stated that D'Arrigo has already suffered "nice penalties," as

he has misplaced his job, misplaced his pension and can must check in as a intercourse perpetrator his complete life.D'Arrigo's legal professional Brian Madden stated overdue Wednesday that his shopper took accountability for his movements and regrets them very deeply. He introduced that a file from a psychologist, a probation document and the pass judgement on all agreed that he's at low chance of reoffending.

"On the details of this case, the court's sentence was utterly justified and appropriate," he said.

According to grand jury transcripts, the kids testified they'd met the longtime campus officer at Leland Highschool in 2008 while D'Arrigo replied to a "MALES Searching for Males" advert put on Craigslist.

The report states that he partied with a bunch of teenagers at his Gilroy home, observing motion pictures and giving them rum and sodas. He then engaged in sexual acts with of them, and consistent with the transcripts, later gave the lads present cards.

In March, D'Arrigo pleaded no contest to at least one rely of lewd and lascivious acts on a minor age 14 or 15 and one rely of oral copulation with a minor.

D'Arrigo was put on administrative go away in August after his arrest and resigned from the police division in February.

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