A Colorado man has been convicted in Ventura County of sexually assaulting three women and trying to attack a fourth.
Prosecutors say the crimes happened between February 2019 and May 2020 in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties. They say Charles Edward Gaines met some of his victims on dating apps.
The victims reported what had occurred and gave their DNA samples to investigators.
In August of 2022, Gaines was arrested on an unrelated matter in Aurora, Colorado. During the arrest, a DNA sample was taken, and detectives say that it linked him to three of the California sexual assault cases.
The 28-year-old was convicted of sexual assault charges in two of the cases and pled guilty in the other two.
Gaines is expected to get a 19-year state prison sentence when he appears in court in May.
