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CONVICTED RAPIST GERO (JAW-RO') MAHTO IS HEADED BACK TO PRISON. THAT'S THE DECISION TODAY BY A Cass County JUDGE AFTER MAHTO WAS RE-ARRESTED BACK IN JANUARY. DURING HIS HEARING TODAY, EMOTIONAL TESTIMONALS FROM HIS FAMILY AND TWO VICTIMS. Fargo'S JASON VINCENT HAS DETAILS FROM THE COURTROOM. CASS COUNTY DISTRICT JUDGE STEVEN MARQUART SAYS 38 YEAR OLD GERO MATHO CONTINUES TO BE A RISK TO SOCIETY... HE SENT HIM BACK TO THE STATE PEN IN Bismarck FOR ANOTHER 5 YEARS. GERO MAHTO WIPES AWAY TEARS AS HE LEAVES THE COURTROM, SOON HEADED BACK TO PRISON. he'll go back to the pen, which is where he needs to be... CASS COUNTY STATES ATTORNEY BIRCH BURDICK ASKED FOR THE SENTENCE AFTER MAHTO VIOLATED TERMS OF HIS RELEASE. Jamestown POLICE ARRESTED HIM BACK IN JANUARY FOR DRUG CHARGES. HE HAD ONLY BEEN OUT OF PRISON FOR 6 MONTHS. (BIRCH BURDICK\CASS COUNTY STATES ATTY.) when you put his inconsistencies behavior with the violent crimes he committed back in 1992, for me it creates a public safety risk. (JANET MAHTO\GERO'S MOTHER) my son is going to go back for awhile and hopefully when he comes back out, he'll have a better idea of what it is he wants to do when he gets out. 10 FAMILY AND FRIENDS, INCLUDING HIS MOTHER, TWO OF HIS FOUR RAPE VICTIMS, ALONG WITH MAHTO ALL SPOKE IN COURT TODAY. BARELY ABLE TO SPEAK, HE TOLD THE JUDGE BACK THEN IT WAS ALL ABOUT ABANDONMENT. I'M NOT THE PERSON I WAS... I JUST BEG FOR FORGIVENESS. I looked the judge in the eye and I asked him please give us 5 more years of peace. FORGIVENESS IS NOT SOMETHING TWO OF HIS VICTIMS ARE READY FOR JUST YET. (RAPE VICTIM\NOT BEING IDENTIFIED) you think you find some sort of amount of peace, but I don't know if forgiveness is the exact word. (RAPE VICTIM\NOT BEING IDENTIFIED) He's a very violent man, and 16 years in prison didn't fix what's wrong with him. AND FOR THESE TWO WOMEN, THEY'LL CONTINUE TO SPEAK OUT FOR THEMSELVES... AND OTHERS WHO CAN NOT. If he rapes somebody now, he'll silence that person and that's what we're trying to prevent. THE STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS NOW FILING THE PAPERWORK TO HAVE HIM TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE STATE PEN. WHICH, THEY TELL US, COULD HAPPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.