MERIDEN, Connecticut — Editors note: This video aired in March of 2022.
A former Wallingford mariachi instructor was sentenced on July 19 to twenty years in prison for sexually abusing minors.
Adam Romo, age 38, of Portland, was given 20 years in prison, suspended after eight years, and 10 years of probation on two counts of Risk of Injury to a Minor.
Romo was sentenced during a July 19 hearing in Meriden Superior Court after the defendant pleaded guilty to the charges on May 22.
According to court records, the defendant sexually abused two 15-year-old boys from December 2020 through August 2021 while working as a music teacher in Wallingford.
In addressing the defendant directly at sentencing, Judge Chaplin said the defendant’s actions robbed the victims of their innocence and destroyed families, individuals, and a community.
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