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Court documents show in 2020, Victor Contreras, met a woman on social media and in 2021 the victim told police Contreras repeatedly threatened and forced her to have sex with him. Jurors saw threatening text messages and heard incriminating statements from Contreras. He was found guilty of criminal sexual penetration. Contreras is also facing a federal firearms charge.
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