Thursday, July 11, 2024

C-viche Co-owner Karlos J. Soriano-Cabrera, 41, Sentenced To 24 Years And 9 Months In Prison, But Will Only Serve 10 Years In Prison And 10 Years Supervision For Sexually Assaulting Women

Soriano-Cabrera was sentenced to a total of 24 years in prison and 9 months, but 4 years and 9 months will be served concurrently with the first consecutive felony count 10 year sentence for 3rd-degree sexual assault. He was convicted of sexually assaulting multiple women, most were coworkers of the former C-viche Peruvian Restaurant at the 2000 S. Kinickinnic Ave. in Bay View.

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

July 11, 2024

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Thursday, the Co-owner of the C-viche Peruvian Restaurant, Karlos Javier Soriano-Cabrera, 41, was sentenced to 10 years in prison (Consecutive) for one felony count of 3rd-degree sexual assault, with 5 years in prison and 5 years supervision; was sentenced (Concurrent-serve same time with count 1) to 9 months for 4th-degree sexual assault at the Milwaukee County Cumunity Reintegration Center (CRC-formerly the House of Corrections- HOC); was sentenced (Concurrent to count 1) to 4 years in prison for 3rd-degree sexual assault; and was sentenced to 10 years in prison (Consecutive to count 1, serve separately), with 5 years in prison and 5 years supervision for 3rd-degree sexual assault, according to Milwaukee County court records.

Soriano-Cabrera will actually only serve 10 years in prison and 10 years supervision.

The criminal complaint says, some of the women Soriano-Cabrera sexually assaulted were employees at the C-viche Restaurant in Bay View who claimed that they worked in a toxic environment in a daily basis, where he would expose himself, then assaulting them and sexual misconduct occurred in a daily basis. One of the woman says, that he grabbed her inappropriately, and made multiple attempts to corner her and kiss her at the restaurant. 

Several of the sexual assaults occurred inside the C-viche on Bay View and in March 2017, a woman alleged that Soriano-Cabrera gave her a ride home and he forced her to give him oral sex near E. Locust and  N. Pierce. The woman told police that he put his hand in her back and directed her body to the downward position to perform the sex act. Among the employee female victims includes a patron.

The employees who were sexually assaulted claimed that Soriano-Cabrera used his position as the co-owner of C-viche to force himself on them.

The sexual assaults occurred between March 2017 to September 2022. (5-page criminal complaint at article link: http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2023/04/karlos-javier-soriano-cabrera-c-viche.html)

In late March 2017, Soriano-Cabrera married Megan Todd, the managing owner of La Masa Empanda Bar on Brady Street.

In May 2010, Soriano-Cabrera was convicted for one misdemeanor count for retail theft under $2,500, according to court records.

Soriano-Cabrera was the Co-owner of several C-viche restaurants, specializing in Peruvian seafood cuisines located in the Bay View area (Permanently Closed) and in Shorewood, including the Kompali Taqueria on Brady Street (tacos restaurant) and at Kompali Tacos y Tortas, a fast food location inside the 3rd Street Market Hall on W. 3rd Street and W. Wisconsin Ave. as well.

According to Lupita Roque, the general manager of Kompali, she confirmed on Thursday that Kompali is no longer associated with Soriano-Cabrera and that Jóse "Paco" Villar is no longer a partner with Soriano-Cabrera, and Villar is now the sole owner and have worked diligently to rebrand the Kompali restaurants.


Source: Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA)

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