A Waxahachie man was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison on Thursday after a jury convicted him of sexually abusing a four-year-old girl.
Carlos Cruz Padron, 77, of Waxahachie, was previously convicted of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child, a first degree felony.In September 2019, according to court documents, Padron sexually abused the girl. She told her family about the abuse soon afterwards, and they reported it to police.
During the trial's sentencing phase, the jury heard testimony that Padron was a teacher and had been asked to resign from two different schools after allegations of inappropriate conduct with students surfaced.
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