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80-year-old Central Coast man sentenced to 50 years to life in prison for child molestation

Tim Hufner
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Unsplash

An 80-year-old Central Coast man has received a 50 years to life prison sentence for some horrific crimes involving children.

Prosecutors say Pablo Reyna-Esparza molested a number of young children at an unlicensed day care run by his wife in San Luis Obispo.

The crimes occurred between 2016 and 2018, and involved 5 to 11 year old children.

Reyna-Esparza pled guilty to two felony molestation charges leading up to his sentencing.

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.