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MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. - A 16-year-old boy was sentenced to prison for assaulting his teen girlfriend.

What we know:

Troy Aguilar-Olmos was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on Oct. 22, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced.

In March 2025, when Aguilar-Olmos was 15, he threatened to shoot and kill his girlfriend if she didn't come out to talk to him. As the victim approached him, Aguilar-Olmos strangled her, pointed a gun to her back and repeatedly punched her.

The teen was arrested at his parent's home.

Aguilar-Olmos pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, a class three felony and domestic violence offense, and aggravated assault as a class four felony an domestic violence offense. He was charged as an adult.

What they're saying:

"What happened to this young

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