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CRIME AND COURTS

East Valley dental assistant gets 40 years for sex abuse of children

Dentist indicted for not reporting allegations

Almost 2 years to the day after the arrest of an assistant at a Chandler dentist's office, a dentist has been indicted for not reporting crimes. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced May 6 that Dr. Walter Villanueva has been indicted for failing to report the abuse of a child patient committed at his dental practice's south Chandler location by Deion Garcia, 29, shown here. Garcia was found guilty and was sentenced July 17 to 40 years in prison and lifetime supervised probation.

Courtesy of Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced May 6 that Dr. Walter Villanueva has been indicted for failing to report the abuse of a child patient at his dental practice's south Chandler location. Former dental assistant Deion Alexander Garcia was sentenced July 17 to 40 years in prison and lifetime supervised probation for the sexual abuse of "several children under his care," MCAO stated.

Courtesy of kidiatriccentral.com

More than 2 years after the arrest of an assistant at a Chandler dentist's office, a 29-year-old man has been sentenced to several decades in state prison.

Former dental assistant Deion Alexander Garcia was sentenced July 17 to 40 years in prison and lifetime supervised probation for the sexual abuse of "several children under his care," according to a news release from Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell's office.

The crimes were committed when Garcia worked as a dental assistant at Kidiatric Dental & Orthodontics in Chandler.

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