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Utah immigration attorney sentenced to probation for stalking, assault after erratic behavior
A Utah immigration lawyer has been sentenced to 36 months of probation after pleading responsible to stalking and assault after what charging paperwork referred to as “unstable and unstable habits” in early 2020. (Salt Lake County Jail)
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SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah immigration lawyer has been sentenced to 36 months of probation after pleading responsible to stalking and assault after what charging paperwork referred to as “unstable and unstable habits” in early 2020.
Aaron Tarin, 42, of Herriman was charged in two felony instances in June 2020, accepted plea offers in each instances in Could of this 12 months, and was sentenced on Friday. He was a distinguished immigration lawyer in Utah, with citizenship in each the U.S. and Mexico.
In Could 2020, Tarin’s ex-wife reported regarding habits together with offended emails and voicemails from Tarin saying he was putting a automobile with microphones and cameras exterior her dwelling, in response to charging paperwork.
Police arrested Tarin on the airport whereas he was making an attempt to purchase a ticket, and Tarin informed police at the moment he had a bomb in his suitcase and youngsters he had assaulted in his basement, the paperwork stated. Police discovered these claims weren’t true, however they discovered regarding issues at Tarin’s dwelling together with surveillance gear.
Within the case associated to this habits, Tarin pleaded responsible to stalking, a third-degree felony; a cost for menace of terrorism, a second-degree felony, was dismissed.
Within the different case, he pleaded responsible to assaulting and sexually abusing a girl who got here to his dwelling to debate custody on behalf of his ex-wife. Tarin was sentenced for convictions of aggravated assault, a third-degree felony, and sexual battery, a Class A misdemeanor. Expenses of kidnapping, a second-degree felony, and assault, a category B misdemeanor, had been dismissed.
Tarin was sentenced to lower than 5 years in jail in each instances, however the jail phrases had been suspended so long as he completes probation. The probation phrases for the 2 instances might be served concurrently, third District Choose Amber Mettler stated.
Tarin was additionally ordered to have substance abuse, psychological well being, and home violence evaluations and adjust to any beneficial remedies from these evaluations. He was additionally informed to take an anger administration course, not take medication or alcohol, and steer clear of the sufferer in his sexual assault case.