Romero again charged with beating girlfriend

A man charged with beating his girlfriend for a third time will have to serve the remainder of his domestic assault sentence in jail in a case the judge fears will some day end up becoming a murder trial.
‘This has gone way too far and some day this man is going to be guilty of murder,’ said General Sessions Judge Larry Ross of convicted abuser Jesus Romero, who had just finished serving 120 days on the first of his domestic assault cases. ‘At least this woman won’t be beaten by this man for the next year.’
The violation of probation was the second filed against Romero, who was violated on his first conviction by his second arrest for abuse, and then on his second term by his third arrest for beating the same woman. He will end up serving about a year once both of his probation violations have expired.
Given his repetitive crimes, Judge Ross asked his court-appointed attorney, Trenena Wilcher, if there was some reason not to throw the book at Romero.
‘Is there any legal reason why a man who continues to commit the same crime should not have his probation violated,’ asked Ross, to which Wilcher threw her client on the mercy of the court, a court which showed no mercy given Romero’s abusive past.