Father of Lucas Rosales sentenced for sexual assault charges

DAYTON — The father of a 7-year-old boy who disappeared at Eastwood MetroPark last year, prompting two weeks of searches before his body was found in the Great Miami River, has been sentenced for sexual assault charges.

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Augustine Rosales-Mendez was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, according to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office.

Rosales-Mendez entered a guilty plea Monday to one count of rape under a child under 13, gross sexual imposition of a child under 14, and sexual battery.

As News Center 7 previously reported, police were called out to Rosales-Mendez’s address in Dayton in July 2023 on a sexual assault complaint.

The person who called in the complaint told police a 14-year-old victim, who is known to Rosales-Mendez, had said he had sexually assaulted her and had been doing so for two years, according to an affidavit and statement of facts.

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Rosales-Mendez was later located and arrested days later in Cleveland by the U.S. Marshal Service. He remained in Cuyahoga County until he was extradited to Montgomery County.

The Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office said Rosales-Mendez is not in the country legally and is subject to deportation after serving his prison sentence.

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