A 23-year-old probationer with a long rap sheet who tried to sexually assault a Riverside girl at a recreational facility was sentenced Friday, June 2 to four years, six months in state prison.Robert Willie Bates of Hemet pleaded guilty in March to attempted rape. In exchange for his admission, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office dropped a charge of contacting a minor with intent to commit a crime.During a hearing at the Riverside Hall of Justice Friday, Superior Court Judge Charles Koosed certified the terms of the plea deal and imposed the sentence stipulated by the prosecution and defense.According to the Riverside Police Department, on the afternoon of April 15, 2022, Bates confronted the victim, identified in court documents only as a teenage girl with the in
