Santa Rosa man get 35 to life for sex crimes against child
(KRON) — Javier Cruz Navarro, a 35-year-old Santa Rosa resident, was sentenced to serve an indeterminate sentence of 35 years to life in state prison for aggravated sex crimes against a child on Monday, according to District Attorney Carla Rodriguez’s office.
A 12-year-old victim disclosed ongoing sexual abuse from Navarro in April 2022. The victim informed family members that the sexual abuse began two years prior. According to the District Attorney’s office, Navarro had regular and recurring access to the victim and would often isolate, sexually abuse, and threaten the child.
Navarro was arrested and charged with 19 felony sex offenses after the Santa Rosa Police Department completed an investigation.
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On Feb. 14, 2024, Navarro agreed to plead no contest to four convictions, which included:
Engaging in sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child younger than 11 years of age
Aggravated sexual assault of a child
Committing a forcible lewd act upon a child
Oral copulation or sexual penetration of a child younger than 11
Navarro has been in custody since April of 2022, and will remain incarcerated until he completes his sentence or is released on “elder parole,” the result of recent California legislation that now allows “elderly” prison inmates to be considered for parole after serving only 20 years of their sentence.
Navarro will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.
Deputy District Attorney Alex Fisher prosecuted this case.
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