A Bisbee man was sentenced in Cochise County Superior Court Tuesday morning after taking a plea deal for aggravated assault of a 17-year-old female after touching her butt.

Miguel Meneses, 28, Bisbee, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Dickerson to three years’ probation and was ordered to have no contact with minors other than at his place of business. Dickerson’s ruling did not include jail time, saying it served no purpose to put him in jail for 30 to 90 days. Dickerson also ruled that Meneses did not have to register as a sex offender.

Meneses was sentenced after pleading no contest to one count of aggravated assault committed with sexual motivation in a plea agreement in September. The plea agreement states that on July 26 he did knowingly touch the 17-year-old victim while her capacity to resist was substantially impaired..….read full story (online subscribers only)