Coatesville Man Convicted On Sex Charges After Impregnating Teen: DA

WEST CHESTER, PA —A jury convicted a 53-year-old Coatesville man of statutory sexual assault and involuntary deviant sexual intercourse after impregnating a 15-year-old girl whom he illegally brought to the United States from Mexico.

Ubaldo Vergara-Dominguez is in Chester County Prison without bail awaiting sentencing.

The victim told police that in October 2007, when she was 15, Vergara-Dominguez, who was 37, took her from Mexico to the United States with fake documents and the promise of a home and good paying job.

Under Pennsylvania law, it is illegal to have sexual intercourse with a person who is under the age of 16.

The victim, who is now 34, said she was held captive in the defendant’s home in the 600 block of Merchant Street, Coatesville, and was not permitted to contact her family.

Investigators said the victim told them that in the first couple weeks of being in Vergara-Dominguez's home, she was provided alcoholic beverages and forced to have sex with him.

The victim gave birth to the child on Oct. 27, 2008, in the Chester County Hospital.

After the verdict, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said Vergara-Dominguez made the victim feel trapped and helpless. "This was an unimaginable nightmare for this victim,” Ryan said.

Assistant Public Defender Stephen F. Delano, who represented the defendant, declined to comment on the verdict.

According to the criminal complaint, the victim told investigators she did not see the fake documents used to get her into the United States, and she was threatened with deportation if she told anyone about how she got here.

The victim said Dominguez-Vergara was not present for any hospital visits or for the birth of their child, and he was not identified on the birth certificate. The victim subsequently had two more children with Vergara-Dominguez, according to police.