Sergio Jose Martinez, whose back-and-forth travels between the U.S. and Mexico drew federal officials' attention to Multnomah County's sanctuary policies, was sentenced Friday to 35 years in prison.

Circuit Court Judge Eric Bergstrom delivered the sentence after Martinez pleaded guilty to 10 charges linked to his sexual assault of two women on the same July day.

"Three very powerful victim impact statements were read to the court" before the sentencing, said Deputy District Attorney Amity Girt, including one from a victim, another from a victim's daughter and one from a victim's brother.

Martinez, 31, pleaded guilty to first-degree sex abuse, first-degree attempted sex abuse, first-degree sodomy, first-degree burglary, two counts of first-degree kidnapping, two counts of first-degree robbery and two counts of second-degree assault.

Martinez admitted he was guilty of sexually assaulting a 65-year-old woman July 24 after entering her Northeast Irving Street apartment through an open window, threatening her with a metal rod, tying her up with scarves and socks, punching her then escaping with her car.

Hours later, authorities said, he attacked another woman at knifepoint as she was leaving work and walking to her car in a parking garage on Northeast Halsey Street. He forced the 37-year-old woman into her car, but she got out. He then tackled her to the ground and repeatedly bashed her head into the concrete before taking her car, Girt wrote in a probable cause affidavit.

The victim "started screaming at the top of her lungs 'help, he has a knife...he's trying to kill me!,'' Girt wrote.

Other people entered the parking garage, and Martinez fled. Police officer David McGuffey pursued Martinez into a nearby structure in the 2100 block of Northeast Clackamas Street, where he was arrested, according to the affidavit.

Martinez' case received added notoriety because he has been deported to Mexico 12 times and convicted three times for illegal re-entry. He has been arrested on various crimes in three states.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials lodged an immigration detainer against Martinez while he was at the Multnomah County Jail in December 2016, according to the agency. The agency requested ICE be notified before his release.

No notification was given when Martinez was released from custody a day later. Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese issued a lengthy statement defending the release, saying the sheriff's office followed Oregon law, which prohibits public agencies from spending money, using equipment or enlisting personnel to enforce federal immigration law.

Reese said federal immigration officials should have sent a criminal arrest warrant signed by a judge to the sheriff's office to detain Martinez. Instead, Reese said, federal immigration officials issued a civil detainer, which he argued can't be used in Oregon.

Federal officials, including U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Oregon's U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams, said the sheriff's office misunderstood immigration law.

A sheriff's office spokesman Friday said the office had no further comment on the matter.

--Allan Brettman

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