Judge Shay Whitaker on Monday sentenced Gabriel Alsina, 37, to 90 days in jail and five years of intensive supervised probation designed for sex offenders, according to court records. He was also mandated to pay nearly $6,000 in court fees.
Alsina pleaded guilty to a lone felony count of attempted sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust in June. Several other counts, which Alsina originally pleaded not guilty to, were dismissed as part of a plea agreement, records show. A jury trial in the case was postponed for more than a year before ultimately being nixed.
Investigators accused Alsina of having an ongoing relationship with a female student at the VISTA Peak Preparatory during her sophomore and junior years of high school, according to an affidavit filed against the former educator.
Alsina and the girl reportedly engaged in sexual acts at the school, in the trunk of Alsina’s car and at his home in Murphy Creek neighborhood, according to the arrest document.
Police learned of the alleged relationship after receiving a tip from the victim’s therapist, Douglas Parro.
Aurora police arrested Alsina on the VISTA Peak campus shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 7, 2018. A native of Puerto Rico, Alsina had been a science teacher there for four years before his arrest.
Alsina told the victim “things with his wife were not going well and they slept in different beds,” according to the affidavit.
Though Alsina’s bond was originally set at $500,000, a bondsman posted a $150,000 surety on his behalf, granting his release from custody, on Aug. 24, 2018, according to court records.
Alsina will be credited with 18 days of time served toward his 90-day jail sentence.
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