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Ventura County man facing 325 year prison sentence for molesting multiple children

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Jury found Port Hueneme man guilty on 13 felony counts.

A Ventura County man is facing a 325 year prison sentence after being convicted of molesting multiple children.

Jesus Andrew Sapien was convicted of 13 felony child molestation charges.

The case against the Port Hueneme man fcame to light in 2000, when a six-year-old told their mother they had been molested. Investigators then found two additional cases.

All three victims were under the age of 14. The 44-year-old man will be sentenced on September 10th.

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.