A Montgomery County jury has sentenced a man to life in prison for kidnapping a convenience store clerk.
Jurors deliberated for about one hour on Wednesday before handing down the longest possible sentence to 52-year-old Jose Garcia. He is convicted of kidnapping a female Valero gas station worker in December 2012. She says Garcia was wielding a knife and threatened to rape her.
She was able to escape by jumping out of Garcia's truck as he was driving.
Garcia was convicted in California of assault to commit rape in 1981 and of robbery with a firearm and assault in 1983.
