An East Palo Alto man was sentenced in federal court in San Francisco on Wed to 7 years and 3 months in prison for seeking to hire someone to murder a woman who accused the person of sexual harassment.

Ulices Cazarez, 39, was sentenced by USA District Judge Charlie Breyer.

He pleaded guilty before Breyer in Dec to one count of using an interstate commerce facility – namely, cellphone text messages and calls – in the commission of murder for hire.