Justice came home to roost Monday for former Sanger Police Department Officer J. DeShawn Torrence, 41, at the federal courthouse in Fresno.

Visiting U.S. District Judge Todd W. Robinson sentenced Torrence to five consecutive life terms for sexually assaulting four women he encountered on duty.

“The defendant’s conduct was premediated and depraved. He repeatedly abused his official authority to exploit women who expected the police to protect them,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

““While no prison sentence can undo the extraordinary pain and suffering the defendant caused these women, today’s sentence of five consecutive life sentences holds the defendant accountable for his heinous conduct and sends a clear message t

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