Convicted child molester accepts guilty plea and a lifetime behind bars

A convicted child molester will spend a lifetime behind bars following a plea bargain struck with local prosecutors and the 25th District Court last week.

Rene Robert Garcia stood accused of 87 counts of sexual assault of a child when he entered State District Judge William D. Old III’s courtroom on Friday, Aug. 15.

He left with a life sentence in the Texas penal system, having pleaded guilty to jus…