The man known as the PB Peeper was sentenced Monday, Jan. 14, to five years and four months in state prison for prowling and attempting to assault one woman in a string of window peeping incidents in Pacific Beach.
Edwardo Castillo Herrarte, 33, was also fined $4,400 by San Diego Superior Court Judge Michael Smyth, who denied probation. He gave Castillo credit for already serving 368 days in jail including time off for good behavior.
Lawyers said little in court because Castillo had already agreed to accept sentence in a plea agreement. Castillo pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit rape, burglary and two misdemeanor prowling charges involved in the PB Peeper series.
Castillo worked as a landscaper in the Pacific Beach area but lived in Lemon Grove. The incidents of window peeping and stalking of one victim began in February 2005 and lasted until his arrest on Feb. 22, 2007.
He was originally charged with 11 counts, mostly prowling and attempted burglary counts. He was charged with only one attempted sexual assault. Another judge dismissed seven counts in a plea agreement. Had he been convicted of all counts, he could have faced 12 years in prison.
Castillo was not in the country legally and will be deported after he is paroled. He wrote on a court document that he “loitered and peeked” into windows, “entered a building with intent to commit a felony” and “committed an assault with intent to commit a felony.”
He was arrested after a woman told police she had taken a picture of him peeking into a window in 2005. She saw him again near Ingraham Street and Grand Avenue in February 2007 and alerted police again.