Man Is Sentenced to Time Served in Chaining Case
From a Times Wire Report
A Fullerton man convicted of false imprisonment for chaining his 21-year-old daughter to her bed was sentenced Wednesday to the 179 days he spent in jail before sentencing.
But neither David Mata Avila, 54, nor his wife, Guadalupe, 52, who was acquitted along with him on a felony false imprisonment charge, will be released because of unresolved immigration issues.
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