ALHAMBRA, Calif.—A Santa Clarita man who pleaded no contest to sexually assaulting seven women was sentenced Mar. 1 to 310 years to life in prison by a judge who called him a “predator.”
“Frankly, it’s stunning how much pain and suffering one man can inflict,” Superior Court Judge Jared Moses said after hearing statements from four victims who were attacked by Nicolas Morales. “We’re here because of the courage of the seven women.”
The judge noted that he believed all of the victims who testified at an earlier hearing that they didn’t think they were going to survive the attacks, saying that one woman’s head was smashed against a vehicle dashboard and that another woman was choked when she tried to fight back….