46 years to life in child sex assault

More than a year after being found guilty of multiple child sex crimes, a 49-year-old Solano man Tuesday learned he will spend 46 years to life behind bars.

Victor Manuel GuarcasTol, who appeared Tuesday in Department 1 for his sentencing hearing, heard Solano County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey C. Kauffman hand down the prison term in the Justice Center in Fairfield.

A jury Sept. 24, 2021, found Guarcas-Tol guilty of sexual intercourse with and sodomy of a child under 10; sexual penetration of a child under 10; and lewd and lascivious acts upon a child.

According to court records, between 2015 and 2019, Guarcas-Tol repeatedly raped, sodomized and molested a young child “who trusted the defendant like a father,” Solano County District Attorney Krishna Abrams said in a press release after the verdict, which came the same day the defendant turned 48.

“The child lived in fear and did not come forward for a significant period of time due to the defendant's threats that he would cut the child's hands off if she told anyone about the abuse,” she added in the press statement.

The abuse eventually came to light in July 2019, and the child “courageously testified at trial regarding this horrific abuse,” said Abrams.

The DA's Office filed a complaint in the case July 15, 2019, and Deputy District Attorney Elaine Kuo led the prosecution. The Solano County Public Defender represented Guarcas-Tol.

Guarcas-Tol remains in the Claybank Detention Facility in Fairfield until he is transferred to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Abrams reminded the public that if they or someone they know has been a victim of sexual assault and needs an advocate's help, to call 784-6827 or the Family Justice Center, 784-7635.