{"id":55541,"date":"2025-04-25T23:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T03:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=55541"},"modified":"2025-04-25T23:15:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T03:15:56","slug":"child-molester-sentenced-to-life-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/04\/25\/child-molester-sentenced-to-life-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"CHILD MOLESTER SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Convicted child molester, Graciano Lopez, of Lehigh Acres, has been sentenced to life in prison for Lewd and Lascivious Molestation of a Child under 12. He was also designated a sexual predator.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"747078\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #747078;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"360\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/graciano-lopez-mug.webp?resize=267%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55542 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/graciano-lopez-mug.webp?w=267&amp;ssl=1 267w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/graciano-lopez-mug.webp?resize=223%2C300&amp;ssl=1 223w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defendant was convicted in March following a trial in Lee County. Assistant State Attorney Adam Sullivan prosecuted the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crime was reported to the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office in January 2024, after the child victim told a family member what happened. The defendant groped the child while she lay sleeping in a bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Convicted child molester, Graciano Lopez, of Lehigh Acres, has been sentenced to life in prison for Lewd and Lascivious Molestation of a Child under 12. 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