LUBBOCK, Texas -- Gavino Valdez, VII, 28, pleaded guilty on Thursday morning to aggravated assault of a child.

Valdez, according to court documents obtained by everythinglubbock.com, Valdez pleaded guilty to one count of orally assaulting a then 12-year-old-girl who, according to previous coverage, had "the mind of a 5-year-old."

Court documents show that this was the only count Valdez pleaded guilty to out of 13 separate charges of assaulting a child.

The other 12 counts of sexual assault on a child were dismissed.

According to previously obtained court documents, Valdez was arrested May 2024 after officers were called to a Wolfforth home after the victim made an outcry saying that Valdez touched her, which caused her to vomit from Valdez's actions.

Valdez received 15 years in prison

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