LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A former teacher's aide convicted of sexually abusing two special-education students in a Los Angeles high school was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
The sentence was given to Oscar Enrique Santos, 45, who was convicted on 21 felony counts, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The assaults at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles were made between 2005 and 2007 against two developmentally disabled girls, ages 16 and 17, one of them confined to a wheelchair.
Deputy District Attorney Rachel Moser Greene said the charges included oral copulation of an incompetent person, oral copulation of a person under 18 and sexual battery by restraint.
Prosecutors said Santos assaulted his victims in a school elevator, keeping it moving between floors while he committed the crimes.
