A lenient California judge has allowed a man who pleaded no contest to groping a mother and then smashing her face with a rock to avoid jail time because of marijuana use and mental health issues at the time of the attack.
Trevor Lee Colombano, 38, faced up to nine years in state prison and an additional 18 months in county jail after he pleaded no contest to assault with a deadly weapon, sexual battery, and mayhem, KRON4 reported. Instead, Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Dana Simonds sentenced him to just four years of probation for the attack, which occurred on October 30, 2023.
Colombano’s attack left a mother, who has not been identified, permanently disfigured. Prosecutors said the victim left her home in Santa Rosa with her 13-year-old daughter, 13-year-old cousin, and the family dog. Shortly after leaving her apartment, Colombano approached the woman from behind and…
