- Luis Alberto Chalas Rambalde, 31, was sentenced to probation after admitting sexual abuse.
- He received suspended prison terms two counts of forcible sexual abuse, with 638 days in jail and four years probation.
- Charges against a second man were dismissed after his death.
SALT LAKE CITY — A man who spent 3½ years in jail will now spend four years on probation after admitting to sexually assaulting two intoxicated teenagers.
Luis Alberto Chalas Rambalde, 31, was given two sentences of one to 15 years in prison for two counts of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony, but those prison sentences were suspended in favor of jail and probation.
Third District Judge Dianna Gibson issued a jail sentence of 638 days for each charge, adding up to the number of days Rambalde had spent in the Salt Lake County Jail on the day he was sentenced in July. She also ordered him to serve four years of probation and have no contact with the victims' family members.
Two girls, ages 15 and 17, told police they were at an apartment in Salt Lake City where Rambalde and a second person served them alcohol, according to a police booking affidavit.
It said they were "extremely intoxicated." The younger girl told police she lost consciousness and woke up to one of the men assaulting her, and then the other. The older girl reported to police that she did not remember being assaulted, but was also unconscious and woke up feeling pain. Both girls left Rambalde's home and went to a local hospital.
Before Rambalde was sentenced, the judge listened to representatives read letters written by one teenage girl and her mother, along with statements from the attorneys and Rambalde.
As part of a plea deal, the two charges to which he pleaded guilty were reduced from first-degree felonies; two charges of forcible sodomy and one charge of object rape, all first-degree felonies, were dismissed, as were three charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a class B misdemeanor.
The second man was given similar charges, but he died less than a month after the charges were filed. Therefore, they were dismissed.
