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HOBART - The last few months of Marco Gonzales' life sound like a bad country-western song:
He tattooed a minor.
His trailer burned down.
Now, he's going to jail.
Gonzales, 29, pleaded guilty Monday in Hobart City Court to tattooing a minor, a Class A misdemeanor. He was sentenced to a year in jail, but with suspended time and time already served, he will serve only an additional 90 days in Lake County Jail, where he has been since his Oct. 8 arrest.
Gonzales also was sentenced to a year of formal probation with a ban on any tattooing during that time and was fined $500 plus court costs. He also must pay to have the tattoo removed if the girl chooses.
Gonzales' saga began in early August, when a friend brought over his 13-year-old girlfriend and asked Gonzales to tattoo her at Gonzales' Cressmoor Trailer Park home. Gonzales - who is not a licensed, professional tattoo artist - complied, tattooing her name, Jacquelynn, across her lower back.
The Hobart Police became involved a short while later when the girl's mother found out about the tattoo, said Hobart Police Lt. Leo Finnerty.
"She was not at all happy," he said.
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