A Lubbock man accused of sexually assaulting a minor in 2021, Elton Castron-Osorio, 27, pleaded guilty to arson and unlawful carrying of a weapon in prohibited places.
With concurrent sentences for each charge, including jail credit, he will serve 15 years in prison. Charges of aggravated sexual assault of a minor were dismissed as well as a drug possession charge.
EverythingLubbock.com previously reported Castron-Osorio was indicted in May of 2023 with arson in relation to a fire at the Lubbock Square Apartments in June of 2021.
A report from the Lubbock Police Department at the time said crews that responded to the apartment fire found a “glass bottle containing an ignitable liquid” that was used to start a fire outside an apartment window. The fire was stomped out by bystanders. A victim told an officer she believed the fire was started in “retaliation” after she reported a sexual assault, the police report said.
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Castron-Osorio was first taken into custody in June 2022 and charged with making terroristic threat that interrupted a public place, among other charges. Later, court records obtained by EverythingLubbock.com in 2024, revealed Castron-Osorio was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child younger than 14 years of age in an incident from 2021.
