Former Shawnee massage therapist sentenced for sexually motivated crime

A former massage therapist in Shawnee was sentenced Thursday to two years and 10 months in prison for improperly touching a massage client.

Freddy Perez-Cartagena, 49, of Olathe, was sentenced in Johnson County District Court where he pleaded no contest in June to a charge of aggravated battery.

Because the crime was sexually motivated, Perez-Cartagena will be required to register as a sex offender after his release from prison.

The incident involving a 29-year-old woman and occurred in August 2014 at a Shawnee massage parlor where Perez-Cartagena worked.

He was initially charged with rape and aggravated criminal sodomy, but he pleaded no contest and a judge found him guilty of the amended charge.

Perez-Cartagena was charged in 2007 with three misdemeanor counts of sexual battery, but he later pleaded guilty to amended charges of battery and was placed on probation, according to court records.

This story was originally published November 3, 2016 at 4:05 PM with the headline "Former Shawnee massage therapist sentenced for sexually motivated crime."