Treatment time erases sentences

Antonio P. Herrera, 23, Bridgeport, was sentenced to 20 months in jail last Friday, Aug 19, after he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of indecent liberties. However, Herrera was allowed release from jail because he was credited with time spent in confinement since he was arrested Feb. 11, 2010, in Okanogan County. Much of the confinement was at Eastern State Hospital where Herrera was ordered confined for treatment to restore competency to undergo trial.

Herrera was initially charged with rape after a WSU student told officers she was attacked on campus after she and Herrera had attended a party off campus. The victim told officers she had passed out before Herrera assaulted her.

After he was arrested in February of 2010, Herrera was ordered to undergo evaluation and then ordered to undergo treatment at Eastern State Hospital to regain competency. At a hearing in April of this year, the court extended the treatment order for another 90 days and he was finally found competent July 8. He pleaded not guilty to second degree rape July 15, but pleaded guilty July 29 to the reduced charge of indecent liberty by forcible compulsion.

He was ordered to pay $1,700 in fines and fees.