A 36-year-old man will spend the rest of his life behind bars, sentenced Friday in Napa County after being found guilty on numerous counts of child molestation.
Serial Child Molester Convicted By Napa County Jurors: DA - Napa Valley, CA - The defendant faces life in prison for the "wide-reaching and long-term web of sexual abuse he wove," the DA's Office said.
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Following a six-day jury trial in Napa County Superior Court, a jury convicted a 36-year-old Napa man of 17 charges involving child molestation.
The convictions are the result of sexual contact the defendant, Flemin Fernando Martinez, had with three family members and one family friend between 2011 and 2019 in Napa County. The survivors were between 7and 16 years old at the time of the molestations, District Attorney Allison Haley said in a news release.
The defendant, who was arrested in October 2019, was found guilty of 12 counts of lewd act upon a child, two counts of oral copulation with a child 10 or under, one count of forcible rape of a child over 14, one count of using a minor for sex acts, and one count of possession of matter depicting a minor engaging in sexual conduct, the DA s office said. Judge Mark Boessenecker presided over the trial which ended April 20.