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Convicted child molester gets 600 year plus prison sentence in Ventura County

Bill Oxford
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A Ventura County man has received a 600 year plus state prison sentence for repeatedly molesting a young child.

Santa Paula man was a repeat offender.

A Ventura County man convicted of repeatedly molesting a young girl has been sentenced to more than 600 years in prison.

Prosecutors say Travis Edward Martin of Santa Paula molested the child for two years. It happened in Ventura and Orange Counties between 2019 and 2021. The girl was just four-years-old when the abuse started.

The 37-year-old man was convicted of nine charges in connection with the abuse. Because he was a previously convicted child molester, Martin received an increased sentence. He received a 610 years to life state prison sentence.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.