Danbury Man Convicted of Repeated Sexual Assaults

Carlos Santana, who was born in 1971, created a relationship with a mother of three daughters so he could molest that woman's daughters, said Assistant State's Attorney Sharmese Hodge Wednesday at Santana's sentencing.

"Why did you have to child molest me," asked one of the victims in a letter read to Superior Court Judge Susan Reynolds Wednesday. "You touched me in the wrong places and I did not like it. I asked you to stop. I kept on telling you it was wrong, but you did not stop. I am happy you are in jail. I hate you."

Hodge said the victims and mother of the victims would be happy if Santana got 50 years in prison, but they accepted the plea agreement that called for 20 years in prison, suspended after six, with five years being the minimum spent in prison.

"He worked his way into Lisa's home and sexually assaulted her three children," Hodge said, in arguing for strict terms of parole after Santana is released from prison. Santana had one previous sexual assault conviction and another that was not pursued. In court it was revealed Santana had trouble meeting the probation terms of the 2008 conviction.

Santana was charged in 2007 with three counts of illegal sexual contact, two counts of risk of injury to a minor and two counts of second-degree sexual assault.

His 2008 conviction was for risk of injury to a child. He was sentenced to one year in prison and three years of probation.

Judge Susan Reynolds agreed to the probation terms, which included putting Santana on the sex offender registry; no contact with the victims or family; no contact with anyone under 18 including family members; sex offender evaluation and treatment; polygraph tests as requested; anger management classes and work with the state Department of Family and Children.

Reynolds said she doubted Santana would be able to comply with probation, based on his probation record over the last three years from the 2008 conviction.

Santana's mother said this sentence takes away Santana from his son, who is 16 years old.

"I know they want to protect the children. I want to protect my grandson also. He was the tutor of my grandson," said Lidia Santana, the perpetrator's mother.