WINONA, Minn. – The original Winona County investigation into sexual misconduct by Valentin Quintana was for rape, but the charge no longer is on the books. The charge was folded into the multiple-count federal case for whichQuintana was sentenced to 27 years in prison 1-1/2 weeks ago. This, explained a court authority, was a routine subsumption between jurisdictions. The single Winona County rape allegation was deemed less serious than federal charges of soliciting lewd selfies from teen-age girls under false pretenses and then threatening to show the world unless the girls paid up. For the sexploitation Quintana has been ordered by a federal judge to repay $1.7 million restitution– besides the 27 years.
