SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A 33-year-old man who admitted to molesting young girls and possessing a mountain of child sexual abuse material was sentenced to 25 years-to-life in prison.
Antonio O., Medina Jr., of Chula Vista, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of lewd acts on a child and one count of possessing CSAM, San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan said in a news release Thursday.
Investigators found more than 1,000 videos of child sexual abuse material, as well as an old laptop that contained videos taken by himself molesting nine different girls between the ages of 4 and 9 from 2011 to 2015, according to prosecutors.
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During the investigation, authorities were able to identify some of the victims and prove that the jurisdiction of the crimes allowed San Diego to prosecute them.
“This child predator’s reign of terror has come to an end, and he will spend the next 20 years in prison for his horrific crimes of harming girls as young as 4-years-old,” Stephan said. “Child molesters, who are often trusted people within families, harm children in the worst way, stealing their innocence and causing years of trauma and pain. They usually don’t stop until they are discovered and stopped by law enforcement. We want victims of child molestation and their families to know that coming forward and reporting allows justice to prevail and stops these predators from hurting any other child.”
Child sexual abuse can cause victims to suffer higher rates of school difficulty, depression, substance abuse, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, eating or sleeping disorders and suicide.
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